Lillian Hoban wurde als Kinderbuchautorin und -illustratorin bekannt, deren Werke oft von den Lebenserfahrungen ihrer Kinder inspiriert waren. Ihre Geschichten zeichnen sich durch eine warmherzige und authentische Darstellung des kindlichen Lebens aus. Ihre Fähigkeit, die Welt der Kindheit mit Einfühlungsvermögen und Humor einzufangen, ist ein charakteristisches Merkmal ihrer Arbeit. Ihre Bücher sind zu Klassikern geworden, die neue Lesergenerationen ansprechen.
Happy Birthday, Arthur! Arthur is having a gymnastics party for his birthday, with prizes for balancing, tumbling, and rope climbing. Arthur is sure that he will win the prize for best all--around gymnast. But his little sister, Violet, and her friend Wilma have been practicing-and they may have a surprise in store....
When things change around the house after her baby sister is born, Frances decides to run away--but not too far.
Eines Tages kommt ein neuer Lehrer an die Schule. Er spricht nicht viel. Meistens nur 'Grrr' und 'Brrr'. Ein Bilderbuchspass für Schulanfänger.
"You can't read," Arthur tells his little sister Violet. "Yes I can" she says. She proves it when Arthur enters the Super Chimp Comics sales contest. Arthur hopes to win a dinner for two with King Kong. The results are comic but not for poor Arthur. Violet understands the words describing the contest better than Arthur does. And it is Violet who wins a prize, because she really can read. Lillian Hoban's three-color pictures bubble with warmth and humor.Every child with an older brother or sister will delight in Violet's triumph. And in her friendliness too, as she lets her "reading teacher," Arthur, share her prize.
Arthur thinks his pen pal is more fun than his little sister. Little sisters don't do things like karate and wrestling -- or do they? It takes a surprise letter to show Arthur that sometimes there's more to sisters -- and pen pals -- than meets the eye!
Arthur and his sister Violet are selling all their old toys in a Tag Sale. Even Arthur's Honey Bear! But Arthur finds there's more than one way to say good-bye to an old friend.