That's the best way of re-purposing an iPad. I know of a guy who gave his used ipad to a nephew. He didn't erase enough stuff. His nephew report what he found to his wife. His wife filled for divorce 😮.
1) Backup your ipad to a computer so you can recover if you wish.
2) enrol in dropbox. Backup what you can manually.
3) Follow apples suggestions.
4) Use dropbox to copy all the stuff you want to move over.
Partial reset:
setting > general > reset > Reset All Setting.
Does this get rid of your browsing history? Bookmarks?
http://www.everythingicafe.com/reset-settings-on-iphone-ipad/