Jump Rope Rhymes

by Ann M. Martin

A jump rope pack for Little Sister fans includes a jump rope and an accompanying guide that provides more than seventy-five jump rope rhymes, game ideas, instructions for fancy footwork, and funny references to Karen and her friends.

71 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

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 memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.

Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.

Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.

After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.

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Reviews

[Amber Book Nook · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book it was cute

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute collection of rhymes sung while jumping rope. It happens to be part of the "Babysitters Little Sister" series which leads me to think that teenagers who babysit might seriously want to consider reading it to give them ideas for activities to participate in with their charges.

Furthermore, adults who are planning on working with young children could also benefit from this book as well. When I was growing up (I am fast approaching 50) a lot of kids (mostly girls then) jumped rope and did hand-slapping games that were essentially fun exercise activities. Not enough kids today (2016) engage in physical activities like jumping rope and hand-slapping. Books like this one could revive these activities.