- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 4th edition, revised edition (Aug 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316119652
- ISBN-13: 978-0316119658
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.3 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Product Description
Arthur adjusts to a new soccer coach. Arthur Good Sports.
About the Author
Marc Brown, who was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1946, received great encouragement and support from his grandmother and uncle. Inspired by the books of Maurice Sendak, Brown decided to pursue his ambition of becoming an illustrator. After receiving a B.F.A. in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art, he worked as a TV art director, a professor of mechanical drawing, and a freelance illustrator, before becoming a writer. In his books, he addresses the fears and problems which children face and events like friendship, family, school and pets. For his illustrations, Brown uses pencil with watercolor on a variety of papers to achieve different visual effects. The "Arthur" series, about the everyday adventures of a lovable aardvark, began in 1976 and continues to this day with 25 titles published. Brown has also created other series such as the "Rhymes" series, and the nonfiction "Dinosaur" series, which conveys messages of do's and don'ts. These series, like the stories of Arthur, hold the attention of young children while transporting their imaginations on magical journeys.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
This one might hit close to home....,
By Laura J. Vosejpka (Midland, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Arthur and the Best Coach Ever: Arthur Good Sports Chapter Book 4 (Paperback)
Are you a cell-phone toting, work-a-holic parent? Busy cutting business deals on the soccer field? Then this book will leave you feeling a little sheepish. I know of quite a few sports parents who could stand to read this book for the lesson it teaches. As for the kids, maybe what they learn is that they should keep trying their best no matter how miserable their coach is!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Plot Inconsistencies Between Book and Show,
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This review is from: Arthur and the Best Coach Ever: Arthur Good Sports Chapter Book 4 (Paperback)
"Arthur and the Best Coach Ever" is the fourth of six books in the 2001 Arthur Good Sports series. This is a great series that teaches kids about sportsmanship in an interesting as well as humorous way. However, this book, "Arthur and the Best Coach Ever," shows are startling lack of coordination between those working on the television show and those were developing the book series.Both the television story and the book share a couple basic plot points. The soccer coach for Lakewood Elementary is no longer able to coach the team and Ed Crosswire is brought in as a replacement. In both versions, none of the kids are very happy, as they liked the old coach and Ed's coaching abilities are rather questionable. The similarities stop about right there. In the book, Ed is presented as an inept coach who knows nothing about soccer and is always ignoring the team while he tries to run his automotive business from the sidelines. The team members begin to feel like they don't care about them, although really he's just caught in a pickle because he has no understanding of basic soccer concepts, or how to coach a team. The exact opposite happens in the television episode. In the TV version, Ed seems to be quite knowledgable of soccer, even having played in the past, and tries to run the team like a machine, putting them through overly demanding drills. Overall, "Arthur and the Best Coach Ever" is an okay story and in my opinion, somewhat better than the television version. Still, the lack of synergy between the TV show and the book causes confusion among followers of the seires and I'm not entirely certain what exactly this particular book teaches kids about good sportsmanship. Also, some of the humor found in the other "Arthur" books is missing. Pass on this one, and try one of the other, better, "Arthur" books instead.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great show,
By A Customer
This review is from: Arthur and the Best Coach Ever: Arthur Good Sports Chapter Book 4 (Paperback)
I have watched the episode based on the book. It was a great episode and I'm sure that the book would be just as good.
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