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Grade 3-5 Arthur, a boy of the 1880s, is a friend of Queen Victoria and Sherlock Holmes. In this, his tenth adventure, he helps Lower Stoatmumbling, a village in dire straits and low in self-esteem, by organizing a cricket match between it and Upper Stoatmumbling to help it regain confidence in itself. There is typical zany British humora pig is the assistant porter at the railroad station and has the job of carrying small items such as stampsbut at times the humor seems overdone and forced. American children may find that there is much British terminology and culture that they do not understand: will they know what a "jumble sale" or the "pitch" of a cricket game are? The climactic scene is a cricket match which will be confusing to anyone not knowing cricket. The numerous well-placed illustrations are an apt accompaniment to the text. Libraries not having the earlier Arthur books would do best to begin with them, such as Arthur and the Great Detective (1980) or Arthur the Kid (1978, both Little). These are great fun and present no special problems for American readers, whereas this new one seems likely to appeal only to confirmed Arthur fans. Ronald Van de Voorde, Graduate Library School, University of Arizona, Tucson
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