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Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday.Tags
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This is a great example of how an easy-reader doesn't need to be dull. Paula Danziger has written a delightful, humorous tale about Amber Brown and her friend Justin Daniels which would encourage any beginning reader.
I don't think I like these early reader Amber Brown books as much as I like the chapter books, but we'll see. I think the richness of the characters is lost a bit - in the short books they seem to be more like stock figures.
Amber Brown turns 7 on July 7th and all she wants is a watch. The reason she wants the watch is because she believes it is time for her to act more grown up and not have to ask everyone what time it is. Her best friend Justin isn't like her though, Justin is never on time and it doesn't bother him. On the day of Amber's party she finds out exactly why Justin was so late. He was making her a card for her birthday to give to her with the walkie talkie that he gave her. This is a good book to read to children who are learning to tell the time.
It's Amber Brown's birthday and her friend Justin is running late as usual. The pictures are colorful and the story is an easy read for young readers. They will enjoy reading about Amber on their own.
Ambar Dorado will be 7 the next day and she can't wait to have a watch as a gift. The story has an illustration of a watch with all of its parts labeled.
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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 show more 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) show less
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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