Arthur and the Poetry Contest

Arthur and the Poetry Contest


Author	Marc Brown Stephen Krensky
Publication date	December 1, 1999
Published by	Little, Brown Books For Young Readers
ISBN	0316122955
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Preceded by Muffy's Secret Admirer	Followed by Buster Baxter, Cat Saver

Arthur and the Poetry Contest is the eighteenth Arthur chapter book, based on the Season 1 episode, "I'm a Poet."

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Arthur's class is holding a poetry contest. When Fern is the only one who enters, she dares Arthur and his friends to write a poem - or else enroll in the poetry club for a whole year! They quickly agree to the challenge but discover that writing poetry is much harder than they thought. Will Arthur, Buster, Francine and Muffy be able to write poems good enough to read in front of the whole class?

Differences between the book and the episode

In the episode, Fern says that Binky couldn't write a poem even if he tried. In the book, she says he couldn't if his life depended on it.
The infamous scene where Buster falls from the tree into Arthur's lap is changed to him landing next to Arthur.

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