Karen's Book is the 100th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Everybody in the big house is busy. And Karen is b-o-r-e-d. She tries to read a book. But then she has a better idea! She will write her own book! It will be about her life. She does not remember everything about being little.
So she talks with Mommy and Daddy. They tell Karen all the funny things she did. Can Karen write a whole book?
Summary[]
Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer (mentioned)
- 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 (mentioned)
Extended Family
- Grandma Brewer
- Grandma and Grandpa Packett
Kids
- Nancy Dawes (mentioned)
- Hannie Papadakis (mentioned)
- Sara Ford (mentioned)
- Hank Reubens (mentioned)
- Bobby Gianelli (mentioned)
- Audrey Green (mentioned)
Adults
- Doctor Bradley - obstetrician (mentioned)
- John Washington - man who gave Lisa and Watson their rocking chair (mentioned)
- Grandma Packett & Grandpa Packett (mentioned)
- Grandma Brewer (mentioned)
- Ms. Herman - pre-school teacher (mentioned)
- Tabitha Porter (Morbidda Destiny) (mentioned)
- Ms. Colman (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Little Friends Day School (mentioned)
- Little House (mentioned)
- Stoneybrook Academy (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Lisa and Watson considered: Arlene, Joanna, Bethany, Katherine, and Erica before deciding on Karen.
- Grandpa Brewer died before Karen was born.
- Chapter 16 is Karen's point of view of when Kristy sat for her and Andrew in Kristy's Great Idea.
- Chapter 19 is Karen's point of view of when she joined Ms. Colman's class. Nancy's point of view is in Teacher's Pet.
- Karen says Lisa and Seth got married when she was four. But in Kristy's Great Idea, Lisa breaks her ankle and Watson has to take her home because Lisa's future second husband (Seth) is away. By calling him her future second husband, it's implied Lisa hasn't married Seth yet. Furthermore, Karen tells Kristy that Lisa is getting remarried soon.
- Continuity includes: Nannie still has her chocolate business which started in Karen's Cooking Contest
- Hannie is visiting her aunt that lives in the country and Nancy is on vacation at the shore.
- Pop culture and real life references include: Little House books and Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ms. Frizzle, The Little Engine that Could, Paddington,
- Karen churned butter for a school project before.