Karen's Field Day

Baby-Sitters Little Sister #108

by Ann M. Martin

Karen, Hannie, and Nancy--the Three Musketeers--can't wait to compete with Pamela and her pals in a tug-of-war and other outdoor games at Stoneybrook Academy's annual Field Day.

Genres: Childrens

Library Binding

First published April 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

[Em's Adventures · Rating 5 out of 5]

As soon as I heard what the class assignment was I knew exactly what Karen was going to do! You'd think she'd learnt her lesson about telling stories, and judging by the title of the next book I'd say she never will. It made me laugh out loud though, when she decided that she was more interesting then her entire family history put together "and I'm only seven!" 😂😂😂

[Teresa Granado-Law · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny, there is an Elizabeth Warren moment in here. Watson (Karen's Father) tells Karen about a POSSIBLE Native American ancestor that could be her "great great great grandmother." He tells her that she might be "one-one hundred-and-twenty-eighth Native American." It also happens to be Cherokee.

[Jaclyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was fine. I do like that Karen agreed to be the wheelbarrow coz Nancy was afraid of falling on her face again. I would've expected her to insist that Nancy be wheelbarrow, so this was unexpectedly generous.

[Looney · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5/5