Karen's Doll Hospital is the 35th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen is crushed when her best baby doll, Hyacynthia, gets into an accident. Poor Hyacynthia! How will her broken leg ever get fixed?
Luckily, Karen's daddy knows an old man who runs a toy repair shop. Karen loves Mr. Kelly. Hyacynthia is in good hands. And now Karen has a great idea. She's going to start her own hospital...just for dolls!
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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
- Ms. Colman's Class: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres, Pamela Harding, Leslie Morris, Jannie Gilbert, Bobby Gianelli, Hank Reubens
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Kelly - owner of Mr. Kelly's Toy Repair
- Mr. Papadakis (mentioned)
- Mr. and Mrs. Springer
Places in this book[]
- Dawes House - Nancy's room
- Little House
- Mr. Kelly's Toy Repair
- Big House
- Stoneybrook General Hospital (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Continuity: On page 3 Karen mentions the doll sisters; three dolls that Karen, Hannie, and Nancy get together in Karen's Cartwheel. On page 4, Karen brings up sharing custody of Hyacintha with Nancy from Karen's Doll.
- Pop culture and real life references: The Secret Language (book), and the Yellow Pages.
- Karen and Andrew get two pairs of new sneakers.
- Karen's class learns about holidays, which they also learn about in Holiday Time and Karen's Tattletale.
- Watson had a toy fire truck fixed by Mr. Kelly when he was a kid.
- Natalie says that she is very good at arts and crafts.
- If Ricky says yes to something, Bobby might say yes too.
- In chapter 14 Hannie and Nancy come over for dinner.
- Other partners include Hank and Bobby.