Tag Archives: Babysitting

The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set (Flat Stanley)

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Jeff Brown
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Product Description
Stanley Lambchop is just a normal boy, with a normal younger brother named Arthur, and two normal parents. That is, until a bulletin board falls on him during the night and flattens him to half an inch thick! From this point on, Stanley will never again be just [...]

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Wendy Mass
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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Jeremy Fink has been obsessed with the meaning of life ever since a box from his father arrived at his house five years after his father was killed in a car accident. Jeremy is determined to find the missing keys that will open the box [...]

Kit an American Girl (6 Book Set)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Valerie Tripp
Publisher: American Girl

Heat

Rating: (65 reviews)
Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Puffin

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Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father led the family’s escape from Cuba, Michael’s only family is his seventeen-yearold brother Carlos. If Social Services hears [...]

Clementine

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Sara Pennypacker
Publisher: Hyperion

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Rating: (204 reviews)
Author: Kate Dicamillo
Publisher: Candlewick

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Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . .
Kate [...]

How to Eat Fried Worms

Rating: (138 reviews)
Author: Thomas Rockwell
Publisher: Yearling

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How to Eat Fried Worms has happily repulsed children since its original publication in 1973. Now youngsters can experience this classic story in a whole new yucky way, by listening to it on audiocassette. Narrator Jay O. Sanders gives extra kick and vitality to this already lively yarn. He [...]

The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores (Berenstain Bears)

Rating: (6 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperFestival

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Papa Bear and the cubs are having some trouble with chores –– they don’t want to do them! When they decide to take a break from cleaning, Mama Bear plays along. But what will happen when the mess builds up . . . and up . . . and up?
Ages [...]

Holes

Rating: (3279 reviews)
Author: Louis Sachar
Publisher: Yearling

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“If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy.” Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy [...]

The Clique Summer Collection #3: Alicia (Clique Series)

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Publisher: Poppy

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Alicia takes on Mission Spalfa: Spanish Alpha! Back in Spain to visit her relatives, Alicia discovers that Spain’s newest pop sensation ¡Ignacio! is searching for a true Spanish beauty to star in his new hit-single video. She can’t believe her luck! If Alicia is cast as a true Spanish beauty, Massie will never [...]

Lock and Key

Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

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“Ruby, where is your mother?”
Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, she’s been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return.
That’s how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasn’t seen [...]

The Big Field

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Philomel

Book Description
For Hutch, shortstop has always been home. It’s where his father once played professionally, before injuries relegated him to watching games on TV instead of playing them. And it’s where Hutch himself has always played and starred. Until now. The arrival of Darryl “D-Will” Williams, the top shortstop [...]

Two-way Street

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Lauren Barnholdt
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Product Description
there are two sides toevery breakup.
This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They’re even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation.
Then Jordan dumps Courtney — for a girl he [...]

Clique Summer Collection #4:Kristen (Clique Series)

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Publisher: Poppy

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Kristen sets sail on the Love Boat… With the rest of the Pretty Committee scattered across the globe, Kristen is stuck in summer school at OCD, making good on her scholarship commitments. No sleepover horse camp, no Hawaiian spa, no Spanish vacation, not even a trip to Orlando. But when Kristen scores a [...]

Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris (I Can Read Book 1)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Product Description
There’s a new boy in school, and he’s from Paris. Nancy cannot believe her luck. But this Parisian may not be as fancy as Nancy expects!

Burned

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Book Description
Raised in a religious — yet abusive — family, Pattyn Von Stratten starts asking questions — about God, a woman’s role, sex, love. She experiences the first stirrings of passion, but when her father catches her in a compromising position, events spiral out of control. Pattyn is [...]

Clique Summer Collection #1: Massie (Clique Series)

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Publisher: Poppy

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Massie gets BE-yoo-tiful: After getting thrown out of horse camp, Massie’s parents force her to take on a summer job. Not one to walk strangers’ dogs or babysit, Massie stumbles upon the perfect position while flipping through Teen Vogue poolside-she’ll be a sales rep for be pretty, the high-end cosmetics brand that preaches [...]

The Luxe

Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Anna Godbersen
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Description
Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan, 1899.
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan’s social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status among New York City’s elite [...]

Indigo Dreams: Relaxation and Stress Management Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety (Indigo Dreams)

Rating: (61 reviews)
Author: Lori Lite
Publisher: Lori Lite

Product Description
Indigo Dreams is a 60 minute CD/audio book designed to entertain your child while introducing them to relaxation and stress-management techniques. Four unique bedtime stories incorporate breathing, visualizations, muscular relaxation and affirmations. These are the same techniques recommended for adults but presented in a fun, interactive format [...]

Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink

Rating: (7 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
When Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines to his classmates, his prank quickly turns into pandemonium. But there’s always time for a change of heart on Valentine’s Day.

Blue Bloods

Rating: (54 reviews)
Author: Melissa De La Cruz
Publisher: Hyperion

Book Description
When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it carried on board the men and women who would shape America: Miles Standish; John Alden; Constance Hopkins. But some among the Pilgrims were not pure of heart; they were not escaping religious persecution. Indeed, they were not even [...]