Amber Brown wants extra credit

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Title:

Amber Brown wants extra credit

Author:

Danziger, Paula, 1944-2004, author.

Ross, Tony, illustrator.

Series:

Amber Brown ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Amber Brown is usually very well-behaved. But lately, no matter what she does, it isn't enough. She straightens up her room, sort of. She does her homework, well, most of it. And she agrees to meet Max, her mother's new boyfriend, but she doesn't agree to like him. Now her mother is angry, her teacher wants all of her homework, and Max keeps trying to make her laugh. What's Amber to do? All she wants is a little extra credit. She really tries. . . . But how will she succeed? -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 7 up.

General Note:

"Amber Brown stream on [Apple] TV+" --Cover.

Includes excerpt from Forever Amber Brown by the author.

Physical Description:

120, 9 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Subject Term:

Brown, Amber (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.

Divorce -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Ross, Tony,

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Publication Date:

2008

1996

ISBN:

9780142410493

9780142418611

9781101950289

Publication Information:

Call Number:

J DANZIGER

Holds: Copies:

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Even when trouble seems to get worse and worse, Amber Brown is always bold, bright, and colorful. #Amber Brown is out now on Apple TV+

Amber Brown is usually very well-behaved. But lately, no matter what she does, it isn't enough. She straightens up her room, sort of. She does her homework, well, most of it. And she agrees to meet Max, her mother's new boyfriend, but she doesn't agree to like him.

Now her mother is angry, her teacher wants all of her homework, and Max keeps trying to make her laugh.

What's Amber to do? All she wants is a little extra credit. She really tries. . . . But how will she succeed?

Author Notes

Paula Danziger was born in Washington, D.C., on August 18, 1944.

She received her Master's Degree in reading and began her career as a teacher. She has taught at the junior high, high school, and college levels.

Danziger is best known for a series of children's books about Amber Brown, including Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon, You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown, and Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit. Each of these books deals with a "crisis" in the life of young Amber Brown, such as her progressing to fourth grade. Danziger's writing is often inspired by conversations with her niece, Carrie, who is the model for Amber Brown. Other books by Danziger include The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Remember Me to Harold Square, and Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James.

Danziger has become popular in Britain where she was nominated for the British Book Award for Children. She has also received several awards in America: the Parent's Choice Award, an International Reading Association-Children's Book Council Award, and an IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award. Danziger takes time out from writing to host a literary segment on a BBC children's show, called Live and Kicking.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5Fourth grade is off to a shaky start for Amber Brown, so she asks her teacher for extra-credit work. The girl learns that since she has not handed in her original assignments, she doesn't qualify. She realizes she needs to work hard on her upcoming projects so her mother won't find out about her poor performance. Paralleling this school situation is the fact that Amber is coping with her parents' divorce. She engages in all sorts of antics to emphasize her displeasure with her mother's new companion, and learns that her father (living in France) has also met someone. By the end of the story, Amber realizes that life holds change, as well as the potential for happiness. With her feisty, resilient personality, she is ready for it. Line drawings decorate the narrative. Readers will laugh out loud at the child's energetic capers and feel the sense of loss she expresses. Whatever the emotion, Danziger warrants "extra credit" for her latest addition to Amber Brown's escapades.Cheryl Cufari, N. A. Walbran Elementary School, Oriskany, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.