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Amber Brown Books in Order

Amber Brown contains 12 books, published between 1993 and 2014. The first book is Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (1993) and the newest is Amber Brown Horses Around (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1993–2014
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Amber Brown is a realistic fiction series for children, created by Paula Danziger and later continued by Elizabeth Levy and Bruce Coville. Tony Ross illustrated the early editions and Anthony Lewis the later ones. Amber Brown narrates the original books in the first person, aged nine near the end of third grade and turning ten by the summer after fourth grade. The catalogue holds 12 books from Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (1993) to Amber Brown Horses Around (2014), with Danziger credited on 9 and Coville on 3. Subjects include divorce, remarriage and mother-daughter relationships.

How many Amber Brown books are there?

Amber Brown has 12 books, released between 1993 and 2014.

Amber Brown Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Amber Brown books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Amber Brown Sees Red by Paula Danziger, book 6 of the Amber Brown series (1997)
  2. Cover of Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink by Bruce Coville, book 10 of the Amber Brown series (2012)
  3. Cover of Amber Brown Horses Around by Bruce Coville, book 12 of the Amber Brown series (2014)
  1. 1
    Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  2. 2
    You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  3. 3
    Amber Brown Goes Fourth1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  4. 4
    Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  5. 5
    Forever Amber Brown1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  6. 6
    Amber Brown Sees Red1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  7. 7
    Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  8. 8
    I, Amber Brown1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  9. 9
    Amber Brown Is Green With Envy2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  10. 10
    Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    Amber Brown Is on the Move2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    Amber Brown Horses Around2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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Do you have to read Amber Brown books in order?

You should read the Amber Brown books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Amber Brown book also stands alone.

Where to start with Amber Brown

Start with Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Amber Brown book?

Amber Brown Horses Around (2014) is the newest Amber Brown book released so far.

Is there a new Amber Brown book coming?

No next Amber Brown book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Amber Brown at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Amber Brown title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Amber Brown books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Busiest decade
Most Amber Brown books, 8 of 12, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 12 titles, 9 are credited to Paula Danziger and 3 to Bruce Coville.

What the Amber Brown books are about

3 of the 12 Amber Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.