Customer Reviews

Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown! (A is for Amber; Easy-To-Read)

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My about to be second grader enjoyed this and found it reassuring. I don't think it will be re-read very frequently, but it was a worthwhile shared experience.

With the start of the school year this week, I read this book to my new second graders. Kids very often have worries about their teacher especially if the teacher is new. The teacher used her name, Ms. Light, as well as a series of play on words to help her class realize how much fun second grade would be. Great way to point out the use of words with double meanings, double entendre, and discuss student interactions. My students liked this book which generated an applause at the end....always a sign of enjoyment!

In this beautifully illustrated novel, children will see that they're not the only ones to experience fear when confronting new situations.

The story is character driven, and will be sure to open up discussion about facing the fears encountered in growing up.

Highly recommended!

I just got this book from the library for my daughter (a 5 year old with a 1st-2nd grade reading level) and she has read and REread and RE-REread this book. She wants Amber's backpack and when I mentioned there might be a girl named Hannah in her Kindergarten class, she said she hoped it wasn't Hannah Burton. We said WHO??? and she replied, "The girl who's mean to Amber." Oh. I am on Amazon tonight to buy all the Amber books I can find!