Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown

This is a Summer reading book for my almost 7 year old heading into 2nd grade. She picked this from a list for fiction. It is a Level 3 or Guided Reading Level K. Transitional Reader; multi syllable & compound words, more dialogue, different points of view, more complex storylines & characters, greater range of genres. Perfect book for my almost 2nd grader! "It's the first day of second grade for Amber Brown! She is excited - but a little nervous too. Second grade had better be ready for Amber Brown!" My daughter was able to read this book with little to no help. We liked the story & the illustrations were good too!

My son enjoys the story

I love this story and even though I teach 3rd grade I still read it to my students and we compare and contrast how their feelings are the same and different than Amber's.

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!

Good read for a 2nd grader....Amber's fears about a new teacher relate to those of any child starting a new grade...holds the interest...very good illustrations...will buy more Amber books to share with my granddaughter!

Great gift for a second grader!

These types of books are part of our annual tradition for the night/week before the first day of school. We started this in Pre-k to prepare our very shy daughter of what to expect in school. I'm glad there were other books like this for subsequent grades to keep the tradition going.

Nice reading for 2nd grader

cute book