>So Marc Brown’s Arthur is looking for a new friend. How about . . . an aardvark?
About Roger SuttonRoger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.
>Possibly even an aardvark with a long nose.
>Reminds me of the time I saw a young child pulling animal crackers out of a box, holding them up and announcing “Arthur!” to which the adult would say “No, that’s a… well, a rhino, I think.” “No, that’s a… let’s call that a lion.”
I think any new companion in the Marc Brown universe will resemble their real-life counterparts with the same muddled detail as an animal cracker.