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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stanley Darrow isn't sure what to expect when the mysterious Mr. Gedrick appears on his doorstep. He is certain, however, that his family could use Mr. Gedrick s help: Their lives and their house have been a mess since Stanley's dad died.
Author
Series
DJ Funkyfoot volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
DJ Funkyfoot may have a name fit for a hip-hop star, but as a dog butler desperate to find a job, he takes a job as a nanny watching over a ShrubBaby that loves chaos.
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Mr. Green, a stingy widower with three children he cannot be bothered with, decides to find a nanny for his children, he winds up hiring a glamorous ex-circus pig who knows nothing about children but a lot about chocolate.
6) Jane
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary retelling of "Jane Eyre," an orphaned nanny becomes entranced with her magnetic and brooding employer, a rock star with a torturous secret from his past.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When the Russo family returns home from vacation to discover their nanny, Ruby, has unexpectedly passed away, Matthew takes the news the hardest. After weeks of reeling, his three best friends decide to cheer him up with a night of junk food, prank calls, and scary movies. But their plans for a sleepover are jeopardized when Matt's single mother -- unable to take any more time off of work -- is forced to hire a new nanny on the fly to watch over...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A girl longs for her mother's attention. But Mummy is always busy helping everyone else and their children! Day by day, the narrator recalls what it was like growing up with her mother, who was a nanny, as well as a friend, baker, maker, teacher, cleaner and more. As the youngest in her family, the girl stayed home and helped amuse the children her mother looked after. She went along on trips to the Caribbean greengrocer in their Brooklyn neighborhood,...
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