PBS Kids’ Arthur conducts national character search

Think your child has creative genius? Challenge him to draw a character for the Arthur show on PBS Kids. Be sure to add details such as any talents, skills, abilities or disabilities and why his character would want to be friends with any of the other characters in Elwood City. If chosen, your child – and his character – will appear in an episode of Arthur, and he will get the chance to meet the creator of Arthur, Marc Brown.

The goal of the contest is to help young people see past the differences of others and to accept that peers come in all shapes, sizes and abilities. If you are a fan of the show, then you already know that Arthur’s community of Elwood City is filed with a variety of characters. In the past he has featured such topics as blindness, dyslexia, head lice and peanut allergies.

The contest just opened and runs through March 31, 2009. For more information or to download the entry form, visit Arthur’s Character Search.