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It's Arthur's 25th Birthday!

Do you see the similarity between Marc Brown in his third-grade picture and Arthur?

In 1976 Marc Brown's son asked him to tell a story about a "weird animal." That night Arthur was born! Today the aardvark appears in more than 75 books and on a TV show. Brown, shown here in third grade, based some characters on his former classmates. "In third grade the material for my books was all around," he says. "Keep your eyes and ears open!"

April 27, 2001 Vol.6 No.25