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1) Minding Ben
Author
Publisher
Voice/Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"The Nanny Diaries" meets "The Help" in a riveting debut novel that follows an idealistic young woman as she leaves Trinidad for a new life in New York City--as a nanny.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the fairies discover that the Fairyland nursery is in chaos, Rachel and Kirsty are enlisted to help Bailey the babysitter fairy retrieve her magical charm from a thieving Jack Frost.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Delta Dawn comes from humble beginnings, but in her work as a photographer for the children's parties of New York's elite she is used to moving, unnoticed, through their luxurious homes. As she observes their seemingly perfect lives, she adds to this veneer by transforming the images of their crying children, stiff hugs and unsmiling faces-editing the images to make sure the parents see the party they want. The party they may later, looking at the...
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In a wonderfully loopy third episode, Nick and Maxine are surprised to meet Captain Noodlekugel, back from the sea with a somewhat untrainable bear"-- Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"October 1983. When single mom Eleanor Mazinski goes out a for a much-needed date night, she leaves her two young children-sweet, innocent six-year-old Ben and precocious, defiant twelve-year-old Mira-in the capable hands of their sitter, Amy. The quiet seventeen-year-old is good at looking after children, despite her anxiety disorder. She also loves movies, especially horror flicks. Amy likes their predictability; it calms the panic that threatens...
Author
Series
Super Pancake volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Peggy Pancake, is now up against her toughest, scariest obstacle yet: babysitting"--
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