babysitters

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.

When her mother gets married, Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club have their hands full taking care of fourteen children at the wedding.

The competition gets fierce as members of the Baby-sitters Club get involved in helping their charges prepare for the Little Miss Stoneybrook contest.

Eleven-year-old Mallory is excited when it looks like she may be invited to join the Baby-sitters Club, but the baby-sitters have to learn some lessons in fairness first.

"Mr. Nogginbody discovers that babysitting is much more difficult than he imagined, but also how much more fun it can be to act like a child than to be the grownup"--Provided by publisher.

"How would you feel if your parents hired a babysitter? At seventeen, it doesn't seem like such a good idea, especially if he is in your same class and has the right to watch over you and punish you. Tyler Harrison is synonymous of an idiot ... And he's my stupid babysitter. Sam will not make things easy for Tyler, but little by little the bond between the two will change. By sharing time at home and in class, their relationship will become more and more intense, but he will always be his stupid babysitter. Or maybe something else?" -- OCLC.

Claudia's participation in the Baby-sitters Club is curtailed when Grandmother Mimi suffers a stroke and Claudia finds herself "Mimi-sitting" and fighting more frequently with her sister.

Spending two weeks at the New Jersey shore as mother's helpers, Mary Anne objects when Stacey neglects her babysitting duties after falling in love with Scott the lifeguard.

Babysitting for the Tibble twins is as challenging as Arthur expected, but he finally gets control by telling them a spooky story.

Twelve-year-old Gabby is recruited by a secret agency to take care of extraterrestrial children.