When Marc Brown came home to his son one night in 1976, fresh off losing his teaching job at a college in Boston, little did he know a bedtime story would turn into the biggest moment of his life.
ABC News’ Gio Benitez speaks to children’s author Marc Brown about the end of the PBS show “Arthur,” which is wrapping its 25-year run this week.
"I thought the story is about an animal who is unhappy about something, and I'm unhappy," Brown told ABC News Live."And so it's sort of like an inexpensive form of therapy I'm doing here. So Arthur was born that night."Marc Brown shows off drawings of Arthur done by kids across the country, featured on his new book “Believe in Yourself.”
Brown, however, never imagined himself as an author. When he was younger, he said he acquired the love for storytelling from his grandmother through her own bedtime stories. Those moments, he said, gave him the confidence years later to tell the story of Arthur.As a 6-year-old growing up in Erie, Pennsylvania, Brown recalled seeing his father going to work on the railroad every day.
"I think the biggest thing that I learned from Arthur growing up is understanding or realizing that other people have the same questions and are going through the same things in their life as I am. That I'm not alone," Huarte told ABC News. Over the past year, Brown revisited the process of creating Arthur and his adventures in his new book,"Believe in Yourself." The book goes along with the show's end, and its name pays tribute to the famous theme song that captivated millions.
Tolon, who was the inspiration behind Arthur, considers the character his own sibling. The stories rapidly expanded from their own house to many kids across the world, and Tolon credits Arthur's success to its commitment to real-life values.
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