Bianca with Marc Brown on Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur

In this episode, Bianca talks with Marc Brown, the creator of the bestselling Arthur Adventure book series which has over 160 million Arthur books in print. He also is the executive producer of the longest-running children's television series, Arthur, on PBS. We talk about the conception of Arthur, how the Arthur Adventures became a book and TV series, and, most importantly, we discuss Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur. He lives in New York City and Martha's Vineyard.

Order a copy of Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur on Bookshop.org or Amazon.

Visit Marc Brown at http://marcbrownstudios.com/.

Resources:

https://pbskids.org/arthur

https://www.fredrogers.org/

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death

Project Zero: http://www.pz.harvard.edu/

Music: 

Special thanks to wgbh.org for permission to use the Arthur Theme Song.

Transcription:

You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review.

Discussion Topics:

• About Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur
• The conception of Arthur: Arthur's Nose
• How the Arthur Adventures became a book series and TV series
• Meeting Mr. Fred Rogers
• Behind the scenes of creating Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur
• Marc Brown on becoming a reader