Amber Brown Is Green with Envy

by Paula Danziger

Overview

Even when nothing is going according to plan, Amber Brown is always bold, bright, and colorful. #Amber Brown is out now on Apple TV+

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101657195
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/11/2003
Series:	Amber Brown Series , #9
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
Lexile:	600L (what's this?)
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

The enormously popular heroine once again brings insightful verbalization to what life is like for kids today. (School Library Journal)

Editorial Reviews

Paula Danziger's unsinkable heroine is put to the test in Amber Brown Is Green with Envy, illus. by Tony Ross, when Amber's dad spends time with his dates instead of her, and Mom and Max step up the wedding plans and consider moving to a new town. Danziger probes universal issues with her characteristic compassion and humor. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Gr 2-4-Fourth-grade Amber Brown is back, and she thinks that nothing in her life is fair, from her mom and aunt going to Disneyland without her to the many changes she must face within her family. Her mother and Max are planning their upcoming wedding, their new life together, and maybe even a future baby together and a new house, and Amber doesn't like it one bit. She's also angry at her father because he has a date. Then she must make a difficult decision when her mom and Max let her help choose between a new home with a swimming pool in a different town and a new, but "boring" house in a nearby neighborhood. Ross's black-and-white drawings show Amber's humorous facial expressions and her daily life. This upbeat and funny first-person narrative will keep readers hooked, even while Amber deals with the emotions that many kids her age experience. This title will be enjoyed by early chapter-book readers whether familiar with Amber or not.-Michele Shaw, Yorkshire Academy, Houston, TX Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

I, Amber Brown
“Full of Ambers' puns and laugh-out-loud situational humor, this is a deft handling of a very difficult yet common childhood dilemma. Amber's fans will laugh, squirm, and sympathize.” --Booklist

“The enormously popular heroine once again brings insightful verbalization to what life is like for kids today.” --SLJ

Amber Brown is Feeling Blue
“Though Amber's problems can be tricky and uncomfortable, she can be counted on to sort things out in the end with resilience and basic good sense.” --Booklist

Amber Brown Sees Red
“The narrative gets exactly right the fourth-grader's mix of feelings, her focus on the trivial, the gross, and the essential.” --Booklist

From the Publisher