Horn Book Review
This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes childhood photos of Marc Brown with the family members who inspired his characters, an illustration time line showing changes to Arthur's nose, and some sample pages from the original manuscript. Arthur fans will be interested in the background material; teachers will find the information about the writing process useful in the classroom. From HORN BOOK Fall 2001, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
The species is novel but the story an old one: Arthur the aardvark doesn't like his nose, but when Dr. Louise the rhinologist (guess what kind of animal) lets him try on some others for size (chicken. . . fish. . . elephant. . . toucan. . .) he decides not to make a change after all. His friends, who used to laugh at him, now accept him as he is, for ""There's a lot more to Arthur than his nose""--but not much that makes him different from a menagerie of other picture book patients. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Ages 3-7. Arthur aardvark yearns to change his long nose in order to look more like his friends, until he realizes that his nose is part of what makes him special.