Not as cute as I expected it would be…

I think this is above my students’ ability (kindergarten, first, and second grades).

Amber’s best friend is moving to another state. The end doesn’t really feel complete.

Summary: Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon is about a little girl in third grade who finds out her best friend is going to be moving in a few weeks. Amber and her best friend Justin get into an argument right before he leaves and stopped talking. Amber must decide on how to handle the emotions she is experiencing to make things right before Justin leaves.

Evaluation: This is a sweet book that explains that children can have real emotions too, and sometimes they don’t know how to express them. In this story, Amber and Justin both struggle with expressing their emotions and Amber must make the decision to stop being mad at Justin to give him a proper farewell.

Teaching Ideas: This book could be used to teach children about expressing their emotions. It could also be tied into a lesson for adjectives, and having the children use Amber and Justin as their examples and then having them choose adjectives that describe them and a time they had emotions towards an event they experienced and how they responded to it.

Sweet book about growing up friends, losing friends, and keeping friends forever.

Lo leí cuando era pequeña, me encantó mucho :3

Absolutely LOVED this book as a child, it has not lost its charm. Amber is so loveable, quirky and messy and so real that you feel that you know her. I enjoyed rereading it immensely

¿Seguiremos siendo amigos Ámbar?

Como una ardilla subida a un árbol con una bellota en la boca trepando sin parar, es exactamente como la protagonista de esta historia retrata su amistad con Justo. Vertiginosa, rápida m, dinámica. Su cerebro parece no descansar y el medio que le rodea pone a volar el ingenio de su autora.

Con una ternura y ingenuidad propia de una chica desenfrenada de 9 años. Y todo el carisma que le caracterizan a los niños, Seguiremos siendo amigos, es la historia divertida de como Justo Y Ámbar se hicieron amigos desde preescolar pero la decisiones de los adultos parecen poner en juego este lazo.

It's always fun to discover a new series for my book-devouring son to read. I didn't mind reading this one either.

Reading this book was such a nostalgia trip. I thought I remembered how much I loved these books the second I saw the original nine book set for sale on ebay, but no, I actually remembered how much I loved it while tearing up at the chapter 8 revelation that comes after Amber's conversation with her mother. I'm so excited to continue into the next book.

And of course, as is my habit, I've arranged my takeaway thoughts on this book into a haiku:

"With stages like grief,
Children learn distance means change.
It doesn’t mean the end."

This book Amber Brown is not a crayon is about a girl named Amber Brown and her best friend named Justin Daniels. Justin and Amber sit next to each other in every class. These to crazy kids help each other with fractions and spelling, and always stick up for each other. Soon Justin finds out he is moving to Alabama because his dad got a new job in Alabama. Amber and Justin soon get into a fight because Amber is very sad that Justin is moving to Alabama, and that they have already sold their house. Will Amber Brown and Justin Daniels ever be friends again...read the book to find out. This book made me feel like is was in the story watching all of this happen. I would recommend this book to people that like books like Smile. HAPPY READING!!!!!!

The Amber Brown series, is the first book in the series and is a must for any growing girl. It is a great series for young girls and there is no doubt that whoever you are, and at whatever age you are there is something in Amber you can relate to. If it's her messy hair, her love of Bubble gum, her parent's divorce or the moving away of her best friend, there is something you can identify with.

The first book in the series, ‘Amber Brown is Not a Crayon’ sees amber deal with her best friend moving away to another city as well as coping with her parents divorce. It’s a book many children will be able to relate to, which deals with issues in a realistic way. It will help children who are going through similar problems of their own.

The series is told is first person, voiced by Amber Brown. It is a humorous read, and as the series progresses, Amber gets older and faces other common problems that readers will again be able to identify with. The series would be suitable for KS2 children to read on their own. However, the books are more aimed at a female audience. There is a good balance of pictures that helps readers picture Amber and her friends and family. Paula Danziger gets an accurate message across to her target audience.

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3.5 stars

I loved this series as a kid and wanted to give it a reread after finishing the graphic novel adaption. In this one, Amber is upset that her best friend, Justin, is moving away. Every time she tries to talk to him about it, he acts like nothing is changing.

Well-written. I still love Amber's personality after all these years. The book holds up pretty well, though there is plenty of 90s-style name-calling. Quentin Blake-style illustrations help break up the text.

Balances tough topics with humor. Touches on divorce, moving, and fights with friends. I loved the emphasis on communication and that Amber is able to get support from adults while still solving her own problems.

Definitely still enjoyed this book as an adult and its advice holds up well.

cuando chica me hicieron leer solo la secuela así que esto completó algo que me quedó inconcluso en la infancia