What kind of animal is Arthur of the Arthur & Friends Kids TV show?
OMG, my husband and I were debating this with the kids the other day! He said bear, I said mouse We googled it extensively and we were both wrong! Here’s Marc Brown’s explanation of how he came up with Arthur the Aardvark! “When my three sisters and I were growing up near Erie, Pennsylvania, our grandmother Thora told us the most wonderful stories. Back then I never dreamed I would grow up to tell stories of my own,” says Marc Brown. “But when my first son, Tolon, was born, I started telling him stories. One night our story was about an aardvark named Arthur. Now, Arthur is the star of a series of bestselling books and Emmy award-winning television series on PBS. Most of the characters in Marc Brown’s books are modeled after one person or a combination of people from his life. Many characters were inspired by people he knew when he was growing up and going to school in Erie, Pennsylvania. As for story ideas, Marc Brown looks to his own three children, Tolon, Tucker, and Eliza, for insp
