Emily's First 100 Days of School vs Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Emily's First 100 Days of School Emily's First 100 Days of School Rosemary Wells · 1999 ★★★★☆ 3.9 64 pages · ≈ 1 h 11 m · Light
“On the first day of school I leave my mama's arms.”

Emily is ready for her first day of school. There's so much to do: learning the alphabet, singing, reading books, dancing, and counting, starting with the very first day. One hundred days feels very far away, but day by…

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Cover of Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown Paula Danziger · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.9 48 pages · ≈ 53 min · Light

Amber Brown is starting second grade, but there is a new teacher this year. Nobody knows what Ms. Light will be like, and Amber is worried. Will she be mean? Will she like the class? Armed with her new teddy-bear…

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Scores by source

Emily's First 100 Days of SchoolGet Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown
Goodreads 3.9 (287) 3.9 (315)
Google Books — 1.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.0 (28)

Reception

Emily's First 100 Days of SchoolGet Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown
Ratings 287 315
Editions 12 17
Want to read 199 —
Reading it now 7 —
Written reviews 56 —
Wikipedia attention 129 —
Pages 64 48

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