Karen's Show and Share

Baby-Sitters Little Sister #109

by Ann M. Martin

Karen doesn't want to be boring at the class show and share, so she makes up a story about being related to Bobby Mason, the famous baseball star, and her lie spins out of control when classmates ask for signed souvenirs. Original.

Genres: Middle Grade, Childrens, Fiction

Library Binding

First published May 1, 1999

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

[Jaclyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Karen crams for a show and share at school, and ends up boring the heck out of her classmates until she makes up a humongous lie about her family being friends with a famous baseball player. The lie spirals out of control, and Karen learns a valuable lesson about sticking to the truth. I do like that she managed to get Ricky the baseball player's signature anyway. A nice thing to do for her husband, especially after he stands up for her at the seniors home when people were pressuring her to talk about her family's friendship with the player.

[Looney · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5

Kids are so annoying.

[Em's Adventures · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh Karen, you get into every conceivable trouble a seven year old could possibly get into.

[JH · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but not my favorite. Karen lies and is anxious about it.