Amber Brown (book series)
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 Cover artwork of Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon, the first title in the series | |
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown Amber Brown Goes Fourth Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit Forever Amber Brown Amber Brown Sees Red Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue I, Amber Brown Amber Brown Is Green With Envy What a Trip, Amber Brown (A is for Amber) It's Justin Time, Amber Brown (A is for Amber) Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown (A is for Amber) Orange You Glad It's Halloween, Amber Brown? (A is for Amber) It's a Fair Day, Amber Brown (A is for Amber) Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown (A is for Amber) Amber Brown is Tickled Pink Amber Brown is On the Move Amber Brown Horses Around | |
| Author | Paula Danziger, Tony Ross (illustrator, all titles) Bruce Coville (revival), Elizabeth Levy (revival) |
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| Illustrator | Paula Danziger |
| Cover artist | Paula Danziger |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature, realistic fiction |
| Published | 1994-2003 (original), 2012-2015 (revival) |
Amber Brown is a series of realistic fiction books for children created and originally written by Paula Danziger; later written by Elizabeth Levy and Bruce Coville. Early editions are illustrated by Tony Ross and later by Anthony Lewis. The original series is narrated in first person by a nine-year-old Amber Brown, starting near the end of her third grade and through the summer after her fourth grade while turning ten.
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon begins the series sometime after her mother and father have separated. Amber's mother now dates a man named Max and Amber's father pursues a new job in Paris. At the same time, Amber's lifelong best friend, Justin Daniels, finds out that his family is moving from New Jersey to Alabama. The separation and the tribulations of getting caught in the middle of divorced parents set the foundation for the remainder of the series.
A series of picture books for young readers titled A is for Amber was also published by Danziger with illustrations by Ross and featured adventures with Amber and Justin before Justin moved away and before Amber's parents divorced but after they are already regularly arguing.
