Based on the best-selling children's books by Marc Brown, ARTHUR follows the adventures of the world's most famous aardvark -- 8-year-old Arthur Read -- his four year-old sister D.W., and their family and friends. In each episode, Arthur and his friends encounter the joys and difficulties that all kids experience -- from facing down a bully and welcoming a new sibling to battling head lice -- and manage to handle each situation with imagination, kindness, and a lot of humor. The series also models the pleasures of reading by presenting the many ways kids -- and adults -- incorporate reading and writing into their lives.