So Arthur was born that night." Marc Brown shows off drawings of Arthur done by kids across the country, featured on his new book “Believe in Yourself.” Leda Alvim/ABC News The inspiration ...

CANTON – All the characters and stories from the popular children's series Arthur come from real life. "I think the best things happen in real life," author and illustrator Marc Brown ...

By Sarah Bahr From the minute Marc Brown ... said Brown, the 75-year-old creator of the illustrated character Arthur Read, the 8-year-old bespectacled aardvark who, since the book “Arthur ...

Marc Brown is the creator of the best-selling “Arthur” books and the executive producer of the eponymous, award-winning PBS television series. Since 1976, when the first “Arthur” book was ...

The lighthearted Marc Brown book in question, “Arthur’s Birthday,” now joins ... Last year, according to Popular Information, he compiled “a list of over 3,600 titles that [he believes ...

After opening his presentation with those words Arthur creator Marc Brown stayed true ... or two ago by remembering that Brown was coming to town. I admire the books (as do tens of millions ...

The people behind the cartoon aardvark say goodbye. "Arthur" was created by Erie native and children's book author Marc Brown. Brown has been writing about Arthur, D.W. and their friends since the ...