AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYON!!!!!!!!!HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

This is a great book to recommend for an elementary aged child that is moving or has a friend moving. The main character, third grade Amber Brown, is dealing with her best friend from preschool moving away and the strains on the friendship this brings as the time approaches for him to leave.

Tengo este libro desde hace muchísimo tiempo en mi librero, y la verdad es que ya no podía continuar postergando la lectura de éste porque probablemente cumpliría 40 años antes de decidir si leerlo, o no.

"¿Seguiremos siendo amigos?" Es un cuento infantil en donde la protagonista -una chica de tercero de primaria llamada Ámbar- experimenta la perdida de su mejor amigo, pues éste se va a mudar a un nuevo sitio.
La historia me ha parecido conmovedora, divertida, y por supuesto, un poco triste. Cuando uno es pequeño hay muchas cosas que no dependen de uno, y pues no hay más que aceptar ciertas cosas, y eso es exactamente lo que pasa con Ámbar. Aún así creo que es una linda historia que habla del poder de la amistad y el cariño que existe entre dos niños pequeños.
Me parece una lectura ideal para niños de 6 u 8 años en adelante, sin limites. jajaja

I like how this book deals with the sadness of friends moving away and how the kids get mad at each other and fight because they're actually both really just very sad.

First installment in the Amber Brown series, Amber's dealing with a lot in this book. Her parents are divorced and her best friend Justin is moving away. A good read for younger elementary students who enjoy realistic fiction, school stories, and books about best friends.

It was a good book.

Amber and her best friend Justin are two peas in a pod. They have the same sense of humor, never make fun of each other's names, and complement each other perfectly on schoolwork: she handles the spelling and he's in charge of fractions. However, his dad had to move away for his job, and now it looks like Justin will have to join him a million miles away in Alabama. To make things worse, Justin won't even talk about it. A sweet and funny book with a highly relatable heroine.

I remember the first time I laid eyes on this book. I was in third grade and the teacher was introducing us to the next required reading book. We can all remember required reading, they're usually hit or miss.

But the teacher set this book on my desk (I sat in the back of the room, on the side of the door!) and I was like "oh, woah, I might like this one"

I have a soft spot for books with quirky drawn covers. I loved it instantly.

It was unlike anything I had read before that point and the protagonist was so normal.

For the next few years, I would follow the series and buy the books. I hated the shift in art styles for the covers.

Now two decades later, I've decided to reread the books.

This one is still good and I appreciate that the main takeaway is that both children are frustrated about the upcoming move. But sometimes the writing veers into too childlike territory, sometimes it seems like a wink and nudge saying "an adult wrote this"

But I still recommend it!

Este libro me lo han hecho leer en el colegio y me gusto mucho <3

I am not reading these books in order. The first one that I read - the other day - was Amber Brown Goes Fourth.

This book is the first in the Amber Brown series of books. Until 2004 the books were written by Paula Danziger. But after she passed in 2004 - her friend Bruce Colville continued the series.

I really enjoyed the book. Amber gets teased in school because her name is Amber - last name Brown and she is not a crayon. Her best friend is Justin Daniels. They have been friends most of their lives. But Justin's family is moving away and most of the book is about this move.

One thing I really liked is what her third grade teacher - Mr Cohen - does in class. He takes students on adventures to other countries. The students don't actually leave the United States - but they do have 'adventures' in foreign lands. The 'adventure' in this book is to China.

“It’s hard when people leave you. Sometimes, even though it’s not your fault, you think it is.”

“Sometimes when people have to leave each other, they act as if it isn’t happening or they pick a fight so it won’t seem so hard to go. In this case, it looks like both. But think of all the good times you and Justin are missing right now because you’ve stopped talking.”

Sometimes I’m afraid that if I start, I’ll never stop. And now I’ve started.

(Mahirap talaga kapag iiwan ka ng bestfriend mo. Iyong aalis papuntang ibang bansa tapos parang wala lang sa kanya.)

RA with E