It's fun to be a Baby-sitters Little Sister! Now available in audio!
Karen's having her first sleepover ever! She and her friends are going to tell spooky stories, try on makeup, and raid the refrigerator.
But then Karen and Nancy get into a big fight. Karen doesn't want Nancy to come to her party. A new girl comes instead, and she is no fun! What will Karen do now?
Karen feels like an ugly duckling. Her baby teeth are all falling out, and she has to wear new glasses, too! Karen needs a new
haircut to make her look glamorous.
But the beauty parlor lady cuts Karen's hair all wrong. Now she's uglier than ever! What will all the kids at school say?
It's Karen's birthday! She can't wait for all those presents. Karen is even having two parties - one at Daddy's house and one at
Mommy's.
But what Karen really wants for her birthday is one party, with her whole family together.
Karen Brewer, Big Sister
Everybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the littlest sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left
out.
Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that's when Karen finds out that being a big sister is
the most fun of all!
Say Cheese!
Karen has to get glasses - two pairs! One pair for reading and one for all the time. Karen does not want glasses. Her school
pictures are going to be taken soon! But Karen has to...so she picks out some pretty pink and blue ones. Karen thinks she looks
very grown-up.
Then Yicky Ricky at school calls her Four-eyes. If Karen wears her glasses for the school picture, Ricky will make fun of her. But
Karen is not a wimp! Glasses or no glasses - that Ricky is going to get it!
Is she Mrs. Porter...or a witch?
Karen lives next door to an old lady named Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Porter wears long black robes and has wild gray hair. Her black cat is
named Midnight. No wonder Karen thinks Mrs. Porter is a witch!
Mrs. Porter is having a meeting at her house. Karen is sure the meeting is for witches.
Are the witches going to cast a spell on Karen? Or will she be brave enough to send them away-once and for all?
Karen will try anything!
Karen has new roller skates. She is a very good skater. She can ever do tricks.
But oh, no! Karen falls down and breaks her wrist! She has to go to the hospital and get a cast.
Karen wants somebody famous to sign her cast. It isn't going to be easy-but Karen won't give up till she gets the job done!
No fair!
Karen is having a bad-luck day. Her favorite jeans are missing. There's no prize in the Crunch-O cereal box. And Boo-Boo the cat
runs away from her!
Karen tries everything to make her day better. But her bad luck just won't go away. She even gets punished and sent to her room!
Poor Karen-will this be her worst day ever?
We Heart Cats!
Karen's best friend Hannie just got a new kitten. Now all her friends have cats. And Karen has a great idea. She can start a club
like her big sister Kristy. It will be a Kittycat Club!
What will the club do? Karen can't baby-sit like Kristy...but she can cat-sit! Will anyone want Karen as a cat-sitter? They'd betterrunning
a club is hard work!
Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She’s thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein) which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose’s obsessions, her rules, or the other things that make her different—not her teachers, not other kids, and not her single father. When a storm hits their rural town, rivers overflow, roads are flooded, and Rain goes missing. Rose’s father shouldn’t have let Rain out. Now, Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search. Hearts will break and spirits will soar for this powerful story, brilliantly told from Rose’s point of view.
Annabelle Doll, Tiffany Funcraft, and their families are whisked out to sea when the Palmers accidentally place them in a box destined for charity donation. And it turns out they're not alone-there are plenty of other doll people on the ship, too. After traveling thousands of miles, will they be able to find their way home?
In the fourth installment in the beloved Doll People series, Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin take listeners on another exhilarating adventure from a doll's-eye view.
Grade Level: 4-6 Age Level: 9-11 Listening Level: Grades 4-6 Bone and his sister, Squirrel, are stray dogs born in a shed. Left mother-less as puppies, the two dogs survive together for a while, but are soon wrenched apart, and Bone must now go on, alone. Charlie is a boy who has suffered a terrible loss. And, as he's healing with the help of his dog, another tragedy occurs. All Henry has wanted is a dog of his own, and now that his best friend has moved away, his parents still won't let him. Bone, Charlie, and Henry live very different lives, but their stories connect in surprising ways. Award-winning author Ann M. Martin has written a powerful, heartfelt novel that's perfect for anyone who has ever longed for a dog, or loved one.
