Paula Danziger

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1974
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Amber Brown

1 - Amber Brown is Not a Crayon (May-1994)
2 - You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown (Apr-1995)
3 - Amber Brown Goes Fourth (Sep-1995)
4 - Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit (Mar-1996)
5 - Forever Amber Brown (Sep-1996)
6 - Amber Brown Sees Red (Apr-1997)
7 - Amber Brown is Feeling Blue (Oct-1998)
8 - I, Amber Brown (Sep-1999)
9 - Amber Brown is Green with Envy (Sep-2003)

A is for Amber Brown

1 - What a Trip, Amber Brown (Feb-2001)
2 - It's Justin Time, Amber Brown (Nov-2001)
3 - Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown (Jul-2002)
4 - Orange You Glad It's Halloween, Amber Brown? (2002)
5 - It's a Fair Day, Amber Brown (Jul-2002)
6 - Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown (Jul-2004)

Kendra Kaye

1 - Remember Me to Harold Square (Sep-1987)
2 - Thames Doesn't Rhyme With James (1994)

Marcy Lewis

1 - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974)
2 - There's a Bat in Bunk Five (Oct-1980)

Matthew Martin

1 - Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes (1989)
2 - Make Like a Tree & Leave (1990)
3 - Earth to Matthew (1991)
4 - Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars (1992)

Rosie and Phoebe

1 - The Divorce Express (Oct-1982)
2 - It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World (Feb-1985)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

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    Marcy Lewis - 1

    Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she despairs of ever being thin, and she is certain she'll never have a date. Life at home isn't great either, since her father bosses her and her mother around. Then along comes Ms. Finney, an English teacher who w...

  • The Pistachio Prescription

    If only all it took to deal with problems was a special snack.... Cassie Stephens is dealing with a lot: She’s got asthma. She’s running for freshperson class president. World War III is being waged daily in her home, beginning at the breakfast t...

  • Day No Pigs Would Fly

  • Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?

    It's absolutely disgusting being fourteen. You've got no rights whatsoever. Your parents get to make all the decisions: Who gets the single bedroom. How much allowance is enough. What time you must come in. Who is a proper friend. What your report ca...

  • There's a Bat in Bunk Five

    Marcy Lewis - 2

    Marcy's thrilled when her former teacher, Ms. Finney, asks her to be a junior counselor at a new creative-arts camp. This is Marcy's big chance to have a summer away from her family, at a new place where only Ms. Finney knows that she was once a fat ...

  • The Divorce Express

    Rosie and Phoebe - 1

    No one wants to ride the Divorce Express. Especially Phoebe. It means she has to leave her New York City apartment and boyfriend every Sunday night to spend the week in the country with her dad. It means she has to go to ninth grade in a new school, ...

  • It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World

    Rosie and Phoebe - 2

    What could be better? Rosie and Phoebe have been best friends since they met on the Divorce Express, shuttling between their parents on weekends. Now Rosie's mom and Phoebe's dad have fallen in love and they're all moving in together. Rosie has alway...

  • This Place Has No Atmosphere

    A gorgeous new package for Paula Danziger’s backlist with an introduction from Ann Martin!In the year 2057 people live in malls, take classes in ESP, and get detention from robots. Fifteen-year-old Aurora loves everything about her life. She’s pa...

  • Remember Me to Harold Square

    Kendra Kaye - 1

    Kendra Kaye, fourteen, lives in New York City with her parents and her bratty little brother, Oscar. All of Kendra's friends have left town for the summer, and she dreads the long, hot months ahead. Then her parents break the big news: Frank Lee, a f...



  • Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes

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    Matthew Martin - 1

    It's not easy being a sixth grader, particularly one with an ingenious knack for getting into trouble with his parents, teachers, and a line of picketing sixth-grade girls Anyone who's ever spent time in ?time-out? will appreciate the hilarious anti...

  • Make Like a Tree & Leave

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    Matthew Martin - 2

    It?s not easy being a sixth grader, particularly one with an ingenious knack for getting into trouble with his parents, teachers, and a line of picketing sixth-grade girls! Anyone who?s ever spent time in ?time-out? will appreciate the hilarious anti...

  • Earth to Matthew

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    Matthew Martin - 3

    Matthew Martin is back, along with parents who embarrass him, a sister who bosses him, and the girls in his class who torment him. Although he still cuts up with his friends, Matthew is taking life more seriously. When the class studies ecology he...

  • Outlaws of the Mesquite

  • Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars

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    Matthew Martin - 4

    With his girlfriend, Jil!, away for the summer, Matthew has plenty of time to earn some money. Not only is he in debt to his parents, but he also owes money to most of his classmates, and he desperately wants to buy a new computer program. Matthew's ...

  • Thames Doesn't Rhyme With James

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    Kendra Kaye - 2

    "Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 6.81 x 4.21 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group; ASIN: 0425150151; (October 1995) Kendra and her family rendezvous in London for the Christmas holidays with relatives and friends, including her long-distance boyf...

  • Amber Brown is Not a Crayon

    Amber Brown - 1

    Even when her best friend is moving away, Amber Brown is always bold, bright, and colorful. #Amber Brown is out now on Apple TV+Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are best friends. They've known each other for practically forever, sit next to each other ...

  • You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown

    Amber Brown - 2

    HAVING THE CHICKEN POX IS NO VACATION. It's finally summer and Amber Brown is going to London to visit her aunt Pam and then to Paris to visit with her father. She is one excited kid before she gets there. And one itchy kid when she arrives. Mosqu...

  • Amber Brown Goes Fourth

    Amber Brown - 3

    Is Amber Brown ready for fourth grade? She has new sneakers, new notebooks and pencils, but she doesn't have what she really needs -- a new best friend. How can Amber go fourth without one? Who will be Amber's best friend?...

  • Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit

    Amber Brown - 4

    AMBER BROWN is in deep trouble. No matter what she does, it isn't enough. Her room is a mess, her homework is late, and her mom is dating someone! What can Amber do? She has to get some credit for trying, right?...



  • Forever Amber Brown

    Amber Brown - 5

    School pictures . . . Amber Brown's are a real problem. Not only does she not look like she thought she looked, but who gets them? Mom and Dad, the grandparents, and Justin for sure. But should Max get one, too? And what about all the extras? Scho...

  • Amber Brown Sees Red

    Amber Brown - 6

    With her mom and Max engaged, Amber has lots to think about. Her life is about to change in a big way. Then her dad says that he is coming back to the United States and he wants Amber to live with him. What will Amber do? Now her parents fight every ...

  • Amber Brown is Feeling Blue

    Amber Brown - 7

    AMBER BROWN has a big decision to make -- spend Thanksgiving with Mom and Max in Walla Walla, Washington . . . or with Dad in New York? She doesn't want to choose but her parents are leaving it up to her. To make things worse, Amber Brown isn't the o...

  • I, Amber Brown

    Amber Brown - 8

    Amber's father is back in town. That means joint custody and more fighting. What part of Amber belongs to her mom? To her dad? To herself? Amber decides to make her own choices and have her ears pierced. Though her mom has said no, her dad doesn't kn...

  • What a Trip, Amber Brown

    A is for Amber Brown - 1

    Best friends Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are taking a vacation together! There’s just one problem -- Justin’s little brother, Danny. He always wants to tag along. Can Amber find a way to make Danny go away so she can have Justin all to herself...

  • Amber Brown

  • It's Justin Time, Amber Brown

    A is for Amber Brown - 2

    Amber Brown wants a watch for her seventh birthday more than anything else. She knows she will feel more grown-up when she can see what time it is whenever she wants. Also, she will always know exactly how late Justin Daniels, her best friend, is. He...

  • Orange You Glad It's Halloween, Amber Brown?

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    A is for Amber Brown - 4

    Halloween is one of Amber brown's favorite holidays, and this year she has come up with a fantastic costume. It's so perfect that she's keeping it a secret even from her best friend, Justin, no matter what he bribes her with. Amber can't wait to reve...

  • United Tates of America

    Skate Tate has a good life. She has close friends, a loving family, and her beloved Great Uncle Mort (GUM for short) who lives every day as if it were an adventure. Skate would like things to stay just the way they are. But life doesn’t work that w...

  • Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown

    A is for Amber Brown - 3

    Amber Brown is excited to be starting second grade--and a little nervous, too. But Amber Brown decides she's ready for whatever happens, and second grade had better be ready for Amber Brown!...



  • It's a Fair Day, Amber Brown

    A is for Amber Brown - 5

    Amber awakes, ready for a perfect day at the county fair. She, her parents, and her best friend, Justin, and his family are in the Poconos on vacation. She's got it all planned . . . hot dogs, cotton candy, games, and wonderful rides. The morning tur...

  • Amber Brown is Green with Envy

    Amber Brown - 9

    Amber Brown’s parents aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes on dates, or her mom goes on vacation ... without Amber. Then Mom and Max decide to move to a new house -- maybe even a new town! Some kids have pare...

  • Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown

    A is for Amber Brown - 6

    Amber Brown thinks that second grae rules!  But when her teacher says desks have to be kept clean, Amber knows that is one rule she cannot follow.  She desperately wants the desk fairy, Deskarina, to visit her desk and leave a reward. ...

  • Barfburger Baby, I Was Here First

  • Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon: The Graphic Novel

    Even when her best friend is moving away, Amber Brown is always bold, bright, and colorful. And now she's in a graphic novel!Third graders Amber Brown and Justin Daniels have been best friends since the day they first met in preschool. How great of a...

Award-Winning Books by Paula Danziger

Amber Brown is Feeling Blue
1999 Bookseller's Choice -- Beginning Readers
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
1997 Garden State Children's Book Award -- Children's Fiction
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
1980 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction
1986 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Middle School
The Divorce Express
1984 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Young Adult


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Paula Danziger has published 34 books.

Paula Danziger does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon: The Graphic Novel, was published in May 2024.

The first book by Paula Danziger, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, was published in January 1974.

Yes. Paula Danziger has 6 series.
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