Kimber, this is the prescriptive versus descriptive grammar argument. 

In the text, the language being used reflects current usage by a native speaker, as many French people do now - descriptively correct grammar, if not prescriptively so. 

Even using 'amener' for both situations wouldn't surprise.

As per this link covering the topic :

https://www.frenchtoday.com/blog/french-verb-conjugation/amener-emmener-apporter-emporter-remporter-bring-take-french/