Paula Danziger

Amber Brown is excited and a little nervous about starting second grade. What if the new teacher doesn't like her? With best friend Justin and her new bear backpack, Amber decides she's ready for whatever happens. But is second grade really for Amber Brown?

Amber, her parents, her best friend Justin and his family are all in the Poconos on vacation in It's a Fair Day, Amber Brown. Amber is hopeful for a perfect day at the county fair, and the morning almost goes as planned. Then her mom and dad get into a fight, and a perfect day at the fair turns into just a fair day in this warm-hearted tale of family and friendship. Vacation time again in What a Trip, Amber Brown, and once again Amber and Justin are...

The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.

The year that she is in the fourth grade is a difficult one for Amber, as she tries to deal with escalating telephone fights between her divorced parents and her father's impending return to take joint custody of her.

Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.

Amber Brown loves the second grade but wonders if she will ever receive an award from Deskarina, the desk fairy, for keeping her desk clean.

Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday.

Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Amber gets lost at a county fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justin and his family through the crowd.

Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.

At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.