Arthur Goes to Camp (book)

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Arthur Goes to Camp (book)
Author	Marc Brown
Illustrator	Marc Brown
Publication date	April 30, 1982
Published by	Little, Brown and Company
ISBN	9780316110587
Publication order
Preceded by Arthur and the True Francine (1981)	Followed by Arthur's Halloween (1982)

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. It became adapted into the TV series as the first half of episode 7 in season one.

Plot

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 Brain.
• The Crosswire family portrait that includes Muffy, as well as her parents Ed and Millicent, and brother 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, 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 was getting on the bus with his friends from 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. 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 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.