Karen's Baby is the fifth book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister Super Special series.
Back Cover Summary
Karen's friend, Nancy, is going to be a big sister. Her mommy is having a baby. At first Karen is so jealous. But then Nancy promises to share the baby with her.
Now Karen is super excited. Nancy might even bring the baby to school for Show and Share! Karen and Nancy can't wait for the baby to be born. But how much longer will it be?
Summary
Characters in this book
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Big House - Watson Brewer, Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, Charlie Thomas, Sam Thomas, Kristy Thomas, David Michael Thomas, Emily Michelle Brewer, Nannie
- Little House: Lisa Engle, Seth Engle
Kids
- Three Musketeers: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes
- Ms. Colman's Class: Bobby Gianelli, Ricky Torres, Pamela Harding, Natalie Springer
- Daniel Dawes
Teenagers
- Mary Anne Spier
- Dawn Schafer
- Stacey McGill
- Claudia Kishi
- Mallory Pike
- Jessi Ramsey
- Shannon Kilbourne
Adults
- Mr. and Mrs. Dawes
- Ms. Colman
- Mrs. Papadakis
- Mr. Kilbourne
- Mrs. Korman
Places in this book
- Little House
- Dawes House
- Stoneybrook General Hospital
- Stoneybrook Academy
Trivia
- On the dedication page it says "For Eddie Peterson, the Cat Man of Park Slope."
- Later pages of this book contain baby-related activities and games.
- Pop culture and real life references: Caps for Sale (book)
- There is a SpongeBob SquarePants Season 12 episode of the same name.
- Karen's choice of baby names in this book includes
- Rachael, Joseph, Darlene, Maria, Chantal, Rebecca, Hilary, Sue, Christine, Danielle.
- Henry, Timothy, Eric, Justin, Brad, Richard, Will
- Nancy's choice of baby names in this book includes: Marilyn and Mark one last time before choosing Daniel.
- Mr. and Mrs. Dawes haven't been getting any baby things until after the baby is born.
- This is one of the few books where members of the Baby-Sitters Club is seen in the series.
- Lisa hates it when people call during dinner.
- Andrew gets invited to a birthday party, his friend Alicia calls. It's unclear if this is Alicia Gianelli or not.
- Seth gets a call from a friend.
- Kristy helps Nancy and Karen put together the baby room.
- Kristy baby-sits Karen and Andrew in this book.
- Karen and her friends are going to start making jewelry next.