

In addition to writing, Brown also developed the Arthur television series on PBS. W., Arthur's sister was another character created by Brown. During the course of the book Arthur looses his mushy valentines and his friends find them Finally, Arthur receives a valentine telling Arthur to meet his secret admirer at the movies. In this book Arthur receives valentines from a secret admirer. Since then, Brown has written over thirty books in the Arthur Adventure series. Arthur is a young aardvark who seems to get embarrassed easily. The first title in the series was "Arthur's Nose" written in 1976. The idea for Arthur, the aardvark came one night while telling his son a bedtime story. He is most renown for creating the Arthur series.

After college, he worked numerous odd jobs before he began his career. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art. Arthur's wrong guess about the identity of the secret admirer sending him valentine messages leads to teasing by the other children, but clues in additional messages allow him to get his due.Īuthor and illustrator, Marc Brown was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1946.
