Meeting Marc Brown

As several of you know, Marc Brown, author of the Arthur books, came to Columbus last week. He is celebrating thirty-five years of Arthur. We went to the library to listen to him speak and get a book signed.

It was so fun! He was funny, told great stories, and talked about where the characters and stories came from and who he based some of them on. I happen to have one Arthur book (DW Needs Glasses: fitting for our family, no?) and got it signed.

If any of you ever have a chance to meet him or listen to him speak, I highly recommend it. The Arthur show is the longest running animated series to date. And in case you wanted to know, he just signed on two more years of new Arthur episodes!

Also, he has two new books out that he illustrated for other children's authors: If All the Animals Came Inside by Eric Pinder and Farmyard Beat by Lindsay Craig. He read them, and they were both so cute! You should check them out from the library.