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Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Teenagers are often naturals at working with kids younger than themselves. Many have dealt with younger siblings or other relatives their whole lives. Little kids often look up to teens more than they would to boring grown-ups. This tip-packed volume is full of information about the various jobs working with kids that teens can get or plan for. It offers pragmatic advice on life skills such as starting a business, setting up a business plan, volunteering...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010], c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As the newest member of the BSC, Dawn is eager to prove herself. So when a big job comes along, she jumps at the chance to show everyone what she's made of. The Barretts are even more challenging than Dawn expected. The house is a mess. Mrs. Barrett is unreliable, and the kids are out of control.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Convinced there is a ghost in her house, Dawn sets out to investigate the spooky noises and happenings in her home.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar....
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010, c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Kristy decides to form a baby-sitters club with her friends, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacy, but they run into unexpected problems which threaten to break up the club.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A taut, powerful mom-noir psychological thriller following a mother who must confront a sudden and terrifying change in her daughter after the abrupt death of their babysitter. Charlotte's daughter Stella is sensitive and brilliant, perhaps even a genius, but a recent change in her behavior has alarmed her parents. Following the sudden death of Stella's babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable....
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Claudia cares more about her artwork and the Babysitters Club than annoying things like homework, while her annoying sister, Janine, is an annoyingly perfect straight-A student. But an unexpected incident with a beloved family member soon forces the feuding sisters to lay their rivalries aside.
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dawn Schafer is the newest member of The Baby-sitters Club. While she's still adjusting to life in Stoneybrook after moving from sunny California, she's eager to accept her first big job. But taking care of the three Barrett kids would be too much for any baby-sitter. The house is always a mess, the kids are out of control, and Mrs. Barrett never does any of the things she promises. On top of all that, Dawn wants to fit in with the other members...
12) Kristy's big day
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2011], c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Kristy Thomas's mother decides to get married again, Kristy and her friends in the Baby-sitters Club have to cope with all the small children that her family and friends are bringing to the wedding.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"How do you say good-bye to your very best friend?"--Page 1 of cover.
15) Boy-crazy Stacey
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Working as a mother's helper, with Stacey, for the Pike family at the Jersey shore, Mary Anne is upset when Stacey begins to neglect her job to spend her time pursuing a gorgeous lifeguard.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 124
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Stacey is baby-sitting for the Brooke family, who are new in town, and she thinks their single father would be a perfect for her single mother. But neither the Brooke kids nor Stacey's mom are so sure about her matchmaking plans.
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a fight breaks out among the members of the Baby-sitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a babysitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.
Author
Series
Best babysitters ever volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just when Malia, Dot, and Bree corner the Playa Del Mar babysitting market, their lives get even busier and Malia comes up with a plan to outsource their babysitting jobs.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Feeling isolated as the only African American in her sixth grade class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet.
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 16
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Heidi teams up with her friends to create a babysitting station at the Brewster Elementary fair, but when things do not go as smoothly as planned, Heidi turns to her Book of Spells to find the perfect magical solution.
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