after the book's publication, it inspired a series of storybooks chronicling arthur's childhood experiences. the books showed the progression of years arthur's character design gradually changed. his nose eventually and gradually receded until it had been reduced to nothing more to a pair of tiny nostrils. he later acquired a pair of eyeglasses although he got the glasses from the next book arthur's eyes because he couldn't see. marc brown's depictions of the other characters also slowly changed and shifted, as did his drawing style. the series would later go on to inspire a popular pbs educational animated television series, which is still running to this day.