Summary
Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday. Full description
Summary: |
Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday. |
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Item Description: |
"Track 1: 16:49 (narration with page turn signals); track 2: 16:36 (narration with no page turn signals)"--Disc surface. Book illustrated by Tony Ross. Compact disc. |
Physical Description: |
1 sound disc (33:25) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.) |
ISBN: |
069811907X |
Author Notes: |
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 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) |