Amber Brown is Green with Envy - Softcover

Danziger, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142426997 ISBN 13: 9780142426999

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2014

Synopsis

Always Bright, Amazingly Bold, Amber Brown! 

Amber's parents just aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes out on dates when he is supposed to be spending time with her. And her Mom went to Disneyland with Aunt Pam while Amber was with her dad (not fair!). Then Mom and Max decide to get married even sooner and move to a new house—maybe even a new town. Some kids seem to have no problems...and that makes Amber Brown green with envy.

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About the Author

Paula Danziger wrote more than twenty-five books for children, including The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, There’s a Bat in Bunk Five, Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?, and the Amber Brown series. Paula grew up wanting to be an author... and then she became one. She was the kind of colorful character you might find in one of her books. She loved to play, make new friends, and wear purple clothes and nail polish. Sadly, Paula Danziger passed away on July 8, 2004. Amber Brown—and the rest of her books—will continue live on.

Tony Ross was born in England and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. He has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including What Did I Look Like When I Was a Baby?, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and Stone Soup, as well as illustrated the popular Amber Brown series. Many of his more than fifty children’s books have won awards throughout the world. Mr. Ross lives with his wife and daughter in Cheshire, England.

From Booklist

Gr. 2-4. From the popular series that began with Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (1994), this accessible chapter book finds Amber in some distress as her divorced parents struggle to make new lives for themselves. On their weekend "together," Amber's father breaks a promise to take her to a movie, leaves her with a sitter, and goes out with a woman he met that day in the grocery store. Meanwhile, Amber's mother and her intended husband, Max, shop for a house, but not necessarily in the same town or near the same school that Amber has always known. Worse still, Amber's dad is furious with her mom and Max, and the feeling is mutual. The first-person narrative is fresh, articulate, and occasionally funny, though Danziger delivers more than light entertainment here. Readers will feel Amber's pain as she confronts each parent and her surprise when she finds comfort in the most unlikely place--the principal's office. Ross contributes lively, expressive ink drawings that help lighten this truthful but hopeful portrait of Amber's family in transition. Carolyn Phelan
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0142426997
• ISBN 13: 9780142426999
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176