Karen's Baby-sitter is the 46th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen and Andrew have a new baby-sitter — Bart Taylor! Bart is so much fun. Every day he has a new adventure – sledding, snow forts, and Winter Olympics. Karen likes Bart so much, she decides she has a crush on him.
Then Bart asks Karen to come over to his house on Saturday to watch a video. Has Bart really asked her out on a date?
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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 - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Nancy Dawes
- Bobby Gianelli
- Kathryn Barnes
- Willie Barnes
- Greg - friend of Andrew's (mentioned)
- Ricky Torres (mentioned)
- Hannie Papadakis
Teenagers
Adults
- Ruth - Seth's office assistant (mentioned)
- Ms. Colman (mentioned)
- Contest announcer
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Seth's workshop
- Taylor House
- Unnamed movie theater
Trivia[]
- There is nobody thanked on the dedication page of this book.
- Continuity: On page 11, Karen recalls when she tried to run a snow shoveling business which happened in Karen's Snow Day.
- Inconsistencies: Karen calls Bobby a bully in this book on page 29, when in previous books Karen mentions that he's ok sometimes.
- Pop culture and real life references: The Incredible Journey and Homeward Bound.
- Kristy recommends Bart be the Engles' babysitter, even though he hasn't had much sitting experience and he’s not a BSC member. But in Logan Likes Mary Anne!, she says she doesn't like to recommend sitters who aren't BSC members.
- This is the first time Seth's office and workshop is seen. '
- Lisa calls the BSC for a regular sitter for two weeks in this book.
- The little house has a slope in their yard.
- Andrew is invited to a friends birthday party.
- Karen has been making a collage throughout this book.
- Karen is the second of her friends to develop a crush on an older boy. Nancy likes the student teacher in Karen's School (this is mentioned on page 42) and Hannie develops a celebrities crush in Karen's Mistake.
- Kristy says that Bart is her boyfriend in this book.
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