Gabrielle Ann Perkins or commonly Gabbie is a two-and-a-half-year-old sitting charge of the BSC. Gabbie is sometimes called The Gabbers or Gabbers. She has an older sister named Myriah Perkins and a baby sister named Laura Perkins. Gabbie is a member of the Perkins Family. They live on Bradford Court across the street from Claudia Kishi.
Appearance[]
Gabbie is almost three-years-old with blond hair and brown eyes.
Biography[]
Gabbie would race to the door when the baby-sitter comes. They always color at her baby table (a pink and white table with pictures of barbie dolls all over it). She and her sister like to memorize and sing along songs. They enjoy to "cook with real ingredients" and make their own recipes like green chocolate chip cookies.
She is in a play at her pre-school called The Three Piggy Opera. She and Myriah like to put on shows. She and Myriah sing in All the Children of the world in Keep Out, Claudia!. Gabbie has Myriah's old Cabbage Patch doll whom she now calls Cindy Jane instead of Caroline Eunice.
She just got over the chicken pox in Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic.
She was in Claudia's group when the BSC took their clients to Sudsy's Carnival in Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise.
She is part of Claudia's art classes in Claudia and the Sad Good-bye.
Friends[]
Likes[]
- Donuts
- Coloring
- Give tea parties for her dolls
- Calling people by their full names
Dislikes[]
Trivia[]
- Gabbie says cute things like "toshe me up" which means pick me up and give me a hug.
- She is quite smart for her age and is potty-trained.
- She is the youngest player on Kristy's Krushers.
- She always call people by their first and last names (ex. Claudee Kishi)
- Her middle name was mentioned in Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter and in Hello, Mallory.
- Gabbie is named after a real life friend of Ann M. Martin.
- It's mentioned that she's a little bit older then Marnie Barrett in Claudia and the Great Search.
- She is affectionately called "The Gabbers" by her family in The Ghost at Dawn's House.
- Myriah mentions that Gabbie will take ballet lessons when she's 3 in Little Miss Stoneybrook Pageant.
Book Appearances[]
- #14 Hello, Mallory
- #12 Claudia and the New Girl
- #20 Kristy and the Walking Disaster
- #22 Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter
- #33 Claudia and the Great Search
- #37 Dawn and the Older Boy
- SS#6 Snowbound
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