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Overview / 简介: |
| Some kids have parents that stay together. Some kids seem to have no problems—and that makes Amber Brown green with envy. |
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| From School Library Journal
Grade 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, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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
Copyright ? American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. |
Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| get a great many very specific requests as a children's librarian. Parents often want books for their kids that discuss bullying, a death in the family, or the advantages of being potty trained. One of the requests I have not yet received, but I expect to, is for books that contain children of divorce. Specifically a book series. There are remarkably few that I could spontaneously come up with off the top of my head but, "Amber Brown Is Green With Envy", a title in the popular Amber Brown series, is one of those few. Paula Danziger died on July 8, 2004 but her tender, well-written Amber books will remain a favorite of children everywhere for decades to come.
In this particular installment in the series, Amber Brown has adjusted to living with her father sometimes and her mother sometimes. When she's at her father's house, Amber enjoys spending time with his wacky upstairs neighbors. When she's at her mother's home, she enjoys her old friends and school. Unfortunately, this kind of perfect arrangement cannot last. Amber's mom and Max (her mom's boyfriend) are getting married soon, a fact that Amber is pleased about (and her dad is not). Unfortunately, this means that the new family is going to have to move into an entirely new house. Possibly out of town. Amber, faced with the prospect of losing all her friends, her favorite teacher, and her school is understandably upset. Fortunately, she's surrounded by caring adults that know exactly how to help her make her feelings known on this and many other subjects.
Amber Brown, as a character, is one of those fictional children that are a little more gifted than their real-life contemporaries. When Amber sits her mother down and explains to her why she's currently angry, she does so with a maturity that I wish most adults today had. The funny thing about Amber, aside from her wise-beyond-her-years speech, is that she's a likable character that isn't bratty in the least. Most books with characters of this sort, whether they be Junie B. Jones or Judy Moody, have a streak of preciousness to them. Not Amber. When she's angry or sad, she has every right in the world to be so. For example, when her father (after talking about how he wants to spend as much time with Amber as possible) leaves on a date on the same night that he promised Amber he'd go to the movies with her, she's furious. And with good reason. There's something particularly satisfying in the scene where she confronts him with this fact.
I should clarify that even if Amber Brown says things that a normal nine-year-old would probably be incapable of (even if they felt the way she did, they wouldn't have the ability to put those feelings into words) she's still a completely believable character. Full credit should also go to illustrator Tony Ross for his simple yet right-on-the-money pictures that accompany the tale. The more I read this book, the sadder I became that Paula Danziger will no longer be around to follow up on Amber's later years. Ah well.
Until reading this book I had no idea why my library branch had so many books in the Amber Brown series. Now I understand. A well-written series for kids that tackles a tough subject like divorce (and kids caught in the middle of it) doesn't come along every day. But when it's as beautifully penned as "Amber Brown Is Green With Envy", you'll never search for another.
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About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in New York, Paula Danziger knew since second grade that she wanted to be a writer. Beginning her career as a teacher, Danziger taught at the junior high, high school, college levels. She received her Masters Degree in reading and during that time she wrote her first bestselling novel, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit. She returned to teaching, but the success of her book encouraged her to become a full-time writer. It was non-stop for Danziger since then. Among her titles are: the enormously popular Amber Brown books as well as Remember Me To Harold Square, The Divorce Express, and Can You Sue Your Parents For Malpractice?Danziger received numerous honors, including: Parent's Choice Awards, International Reading Association - Children's Book Council Awards, a IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award and many nominations for state reading and library association awards. Known as a flamboyantly funny and deeply honest writer and speaker, Paula Danziger knew how to relate to young readers at their level. She was vital, funny, and compassionate. She knew how kids felt, what made them laugh, what they wore, collected, read, and played with. From collecting novelty toys that would make any teacher cringe, to wearing jangly earrings, funky glasses and shoes covered with beads and sequins, Paula Danziger had a direct line into kids' hearts and funnybones. She will be missed always.In Paula's memory, The Amber Brown Fund has been established to bring authors and illustrators to schools and libraries which otherwise could not afford them. Donations may be sent to The Amber Brown Fund/ SCBWI Museum of Children's Books, 8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. "I want people who want to become writers to read lots, write and rewrite lots, take acting lessons to learn about character development, observe people and not to be afraid of not being perfect. As for those people who don't want to be writers, I hope that you will always continue to read and also not be afraid of not being perfect." "I have two sets of heroes: One--bright, creative teachers, who manage to stay in the classroom. And, two--people who have difficult childhoods and manage to use the experiences to grow into caring, understanding adults." |
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