1998 (real world)

1998 is the second year of the Arthur series and the twenty-second year of Marc Brown's book series. Season 2 resumes airing and its last half of episodes air on PBS. In fall of that year, Season 3 airs its first 14 episodes with the season finale airing on New Year's 1999.

Events

• April 1 - Arthur's Mystery Envelope (book), Arthur and the Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club, Arthur Makes the Team (book), and Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest (book) are published.
• April 6 - D.W.'s Deer Friend/Buster Hits the Books
• April 7 - Arthur's Faraway Friend/Arthur and the Square Dance
• April 8 - Water and the Brain/Arthur the Unfunny
• April 9 - Sue Ellen's Lost Diary/Arthur's Knee
• April 10 - Grandma Thora Appreciation Day/fern's Slumber Party
• April 13 - Love Notes for Muffy/D.W. Blows the Whistle
• April 14 - Francine Redecorates/Arthur the Loser
• April 15 - Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard/D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
• April 16 - D.W.'s Name Game/Finders Key-pers
• April 17 - How the Cookie Crumbles/Sue Ellen's Little Sister
• May 1 - Arthur Accused! (book) is published
• May 15 - An ActiMate, of Arthur, is released
• June 1 - Locked in the Library! (book) and Buster's Dino Dilemma (book) is published
• August 1 - The Mystery of the Stolen Bike is published
• September 1 - Arthur and the Lost Diary and Arthur Lost and Found
• September 19 - An Actimate of D.W., is released
• October 1 - Who's in Love with Arthur? is published
• October 21 - Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape) is released as the first album
• November 1 - Arthur Rocks with BINKY is published
• November 16 - Buster's Back/The Ballad of Buster Baxter
• November 17 - D.W. All Fired Up/I'd Rather Read It Myself
• November 18 - Arthur Goes Crosswire/Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous
• November 19 - Background Blues/And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids
• November 20 - The Chips are Down/Revenge of the Chip
• November 23 - Binky Rules/Meet Binky
• November 24 - Arthur Rides the Bandwagon/Dad's Dessert Dilemma
• November 25 - Popular Girls/Buster's Growing Grudge
• November 26 - Arthur's Treasure Hunt/Return of the King
• November 27 - Attack of the Turbo Tibbles/D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy
• December 1 - Arthur and the Popularity Test is published
• December 28 - Double Tibble Trouble/Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival
• December 29 - What Scared Sue Ellen?/Clarissa is Cracked
• December 30 - Arthur's Dummy Disaster/Francine and the Feline
• December 31 - Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight/D.W.'s Perfect Wish