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Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies (The Baby-Sitters Club #52)
Mary Anne can't stop thinking about babies. First she starts baby-sitting for a pair of adorable baby twins. Then she and Dawn decide it would be great to have a little baby brother or sister of their own.
Paperback, 136 pages
Published
April 1st 1997
by Scholastic
(first published 1992)
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Mary Anne and Dawn daydream about their parents having another baby, until hard times babysitting for infant twins and a school egg project teach them to take parenthood more seriously.
The egg project is highly standard move for this kind of book. I’m surprised the BSC series hasn’t already done it. Probably because they’re not HACKS. (Correction, weren’t!) The writing in this book is bizarre; it’s a choppy, short-sentenced style. It actually reads a lot like a Baby-sitters Little Sister book. T...more
The egg project is highly standard move for this kind of book. I’m surprised the BSC series hasn’t already done it. Probably because they’re not HACKS. (Correction, weren’t!) The writing in this book is bizarre; it’s a choppy, short-sentenced style. It actually reads a lot like a Baby-sitters Little Sister book. T...more
This is a great book among the a series of the Babysitters Club written by Ann Martin. I couldn't find the lexile level but it is suited for those in 3-5th grade. The main character is Mary Anne and it is written in her view perspective, the first point of view. This takes place in Stoneybrook, Connecticut, specifically in school and around home. In this book, Mary Anne has been babysitting these twin kids since she is a part of a babysitting club with her friends. She enjoys babysitting them an...more
i think mary anne might be my least favorite member of the babysitters club. for whatever reason, i find her books incredibly tedious.
i this book, the eighth grade health classes are doing a unit called "modern living". all of the students are split up into couples. they have to pretend that they are married & research the cost of things like rent, utilities, food, clothing, etc. they have to write a report on their ability to live with financial independence. then each couple is given an eg...more
i this book, the eighth grade health classes are doing a unit called "modern living". all of the students are split up into couples. they have to pretend that they are married & research the cost of things like rent, utilities, food, clothing, etc. they have to write a report on their ability to live with financial independence. then each couple is given an eg...more
Ah yes, the book that inspired me to keep an egg baby of my own. :) I remember padding a shoe box full of balled up fleece and socks and drawing windows and furniture on the walls of the box so my egg would feel comfortable in its new 'home.' So imagine my disappointment in high school years later when I found out that the life skills class didn't use eggs for the parenting portion of the class, but a real life baby doll that cried and required actual attention! I opted to not take the class and...more
Fantastic books for young girls getting into reading!! Great stories about friendship and life lessons. The characters deal with all sorts of situations and often find responsible solutions to problems.
I loved this series growing up and wanted to start my own babysitting business with friends. Great lessons in entrepreneurship for tweens.
The books may be dated with out references to modern technology but the story stands and lessons are still relevant.
Awesome books that girls will love! And the...more
I loved this series growing up and wanted to start my own babysitting business with friends. Great lessons in entrepreneurship for tweens.
The books may be dated with out references to modern technology but the story stands and lessons are still relevant.
Awesome books that girls will love! And the...more
Dec 09, 2009
Kate
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The title of this book always annoyed me. Gag. Of course Mary Ann and Logan would be paired up for a parenting skills class. Do most 13-year-olds do this? Granted, if we were actually counting by the number of Halloweens the Baby-Sitters Club has celebrated since Kristy's Great Idea, they'd be seniors in high school by now.
When I first read this, I was so jealous that we didn't have classes like that in my school! Now I wonder if they actually happen outside books and movies. The BSC really are hopelessly naive about what it means to have an infant around, considering all their babysitting experience!
I really like this one because it teaches some important life lessons. Warning: There's a reference at the end that says it straight out, if you know what I mean.
I don't think I was too mad about this book as a kid, and although it was fun to reread it now it still seems unrealistic that Mary Anne and Dawn were so obsessed with babies! I went through a phase of wanting a baby brother or sister when I was about fifteen, but I knew that my parents in their forties and it was a bit late for that. I do hope that I wasn't as naive as Mary Anne, convinced that she could look after a baby all on her own! I did quite enjoy this book but some of the ways that the...more
Haha, we totally looked after eggs as well in grade 6, however that was ALL we did. One egg per student for one week.
This whole series is great for girls between 11-15 years old. I read every last one of them as I was growing up.
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Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.
Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood me...more
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Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood me...more
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