Random House Video Aardvarks

Marc Brown's fine fellow of an 8-year-old aardvark, Arthur, loses a library book (the latest story from the Scare-Your-Pants-Off series), and he searches and searches everywhere for it. Mystified by its disappearance, Arthur does what any child his age might do in this situation: wonder if the scary book walked off somehow by itself. This entertaining story of responsibility is followed by an excellent episode about sibling dynamics, "D.W.'s Imaginary Friend," in which Arthur's sister gains an invisible pal ...

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This thoughtful episode in the Arthur series tells the story of how the popular, 8-year-old aardvark created by Marc Brown acquires his dog Pal--and then almost loses him when training the pooch proves a large responsibility. Also on the video is "Buster's Dino Dilemma," a funny story in which Arthur and his friend Buster discover a bone while on a fossil-hunting trip for class. Excited by the find, they face the possibility that it may not be a fossil at all but rather the remains of someone's dinner. --Tom Keogh

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The circus is in town, but guess who can't go due to illness? Poor Arthur, the bespectacled aardvark created by author Marc Brown. In this clever take on issues of disappointment in childhood, Arthur not only has to face the fact he has chicken pox, but that he has also become the object of younger sister D.W.'s jealousy over the extra attention he's getting. Also on the tape is "Arthur and the True Francine," a tense episode in which best pals Muffy and Francine face a strain in their friendship when Muffy ...

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Arthur the bespectacled Aardvark--quite like any ordinary 8-year-old boy--has a loose tooth and tries (in classic comic form) all kinds of inventive ways to pull it out. What's the urgency? Well, he's still got lots of baby teeth and is getting teased about it. Can he possibly go through life with his first set of chompers forever intact? Also on this video is an episode called "Sick as a Dog," in which Arthur's dog Pal has to spend a night at the vet's. Maybe he's just got a bug--or maybe it's all the junk ...

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What's a kid to do when his best buddy lets him borrow an exciting new computer game, but his mom says "I'd prefer you stay off my computer?" Sneak on to the computer, of course. Trouble is, the young cartoon aardvark Arthur and his bunny friend Buster crash the computer. Now Arthur has to decide when and how to confess the crime to his mom. In the accompanying episode, Arthur vs. The Piano, Arthur's overconfidence becomes his own worst enemy. A bad dream causes him to have stage fright during the dress ...

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