Editing Arthur Goes to Camp (book)

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{{Book
|image2 = <tabber>New=[[file:Arthur Goes to Camp Cover.png|250px]]|-|Original=[[File:Originalcover.jpg|250px]]</tabber>
|author = [[Marc Brown]]
|illustrator = [[Marc Brown]]
|date = April 30, [[1982 (real world)|1982]]
|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]]
|isbn = 9780316110587
|previous = ''[[Arthur and the True Francine (book)|Arthur and the True Francine]]'' <small>([[1981 (real world)|1981]])</small>
|next = ''[[Arthur's Halloween]]'' <small>([[1982 (real world)|1982]])</small>
}}
'''Arthur Goes to Camp''' is the fifth book in the ''[[Arthur Adventure]]'' series. It was written and illustrated by [[Marc Brown]] and published by [[Little, Brown and Company]] on April 30, [[1982 (real world)|1982]]. It became adapted into the [[Arthur (TV series)|TV series]] as the first half of episode 7 in [[Season 1|season one]].
==Plot==
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is not looking forward to [[Camp Meadowcroak]], and decides to run away when mysterious things start happening there.

==Trivia==
* This book marks the first appearance of [[Alan Powers|Brain]].
* The Crosswire family portrait that includes [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]], as well as her parents [[Ed Crosswire|Ed]] and [[Millicent Crosswire|Millicent]], and brother [[Chip Crosswire|Chip]] can be seen on one of the pages, but Muffy's parents and brother did not make an actual appearance. Her family hasn't been shown again until the TV show, which changed their appearances, but leaving Muffy's signature hairstyle unchanged.
* [[Rocky (person)|Rocky]], who is the counselor for the boys, is seen in this book, but not in the others after this. Also, he never appeared in the television series.
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 * The Crosswire family portrait that includes [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]], as well as her parents [[Ed Crosswire|Ed]] and [[Millicent Crosswire|Millicent]], and brother [[Chip Crosswire|Chip]] can be seen on one of the pages, but Muffy's parents and brother did not make an actual appearance. Her family hasn't been shown again until the TV show, which changed their appearances, but leaving Muffy's signature hairstyle unchanged.
 * [[Rocky (person)|Rocky]], who is the counselor for the boys, is seen in this book, but not in the others after this. Also, he never appeared in the television series.
-===Differences from the T.V. episode===
-*In the book, Arthur was very reluctant to be going to camp and said he would be too homesick, while in the T.V. episode, he is more than thrilled and pleased to be going to camp.
-*In the book, Camp Meadowcroak campers wore white T-shirts with a green trim on the sleeves, a green "M" emblem on the shirts and blue shorts. Camp Horsewater campers wore yellow shirts with a red trim on their sleeves, a red "H" emblem on the shirts and also blue shorts. While in the T.V. episode, Camp Meadowcroak campers wore green shirts with a purple trim on the sleeves, a purple "M" emblem and purple shorts. While Camp Horsewater campers wore black shirts with a red trim on the sleeves, a red "H" emblem on their shirts and they wore whatever pants or shorts that they wanted.
-*At the start, [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] was getting on the bus with his friends from [[Lakewood Elementary School|school]] to go to [[Camp Meadowcroak]]; although, in the book, the story started where Arthur didn't want to go to camp and commented it as "gross".
-*In the book, the girls' counselor was [[Becky]], and the boys' counselor was [[Rocky (Arthur Goes to Camp)|Rocky]]. In the episode, Becky is the only counselor, in which she is the counselor to both the boys and the girls altogether.
-*In the book, Becky was a Fox, while in the episode, she is an aardvark like Arthur.
-*In the episode, Binky and Prunella, as well as a bunch of Arthur's other classmates were at camp Meadowcroak. However, in the book, there were only six campers in total, three per group. The six campers were Arthur, Buster and The Brain which made up the boys tent, and Francine, Sue Ellen and Muffy which made up the girls tent. Binky and Prunella didn't appear until the books ''[[Arthur's April Fool]]'' and [[Arthur's Teacher Trouble (book)|''Arthur's Teacher Trouble'']] respectively.
-*The balloon is red in the episode, but was yellow in the book.
-*In the book, the last item to find on the scavenger hunt list was a flashlight, which Arthur showed up with by sheer luck, while in the episode the last item to find on the scavenger hunt list was a postcard, which Arthur had in his pocket.
-*In the book, it is The Brain's first appearance, while in the T.V. episode it is clear that Arthur and his friends have already known the Brain for some time now.
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