Karen's New Holiday is the 112th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
There are no big holidays in August. But Karen wishes there were. So she and her friends decide to invent a brand-new holiday of their own! Augustania will celebrate the end of summer. And the kids want it to combine parts of all their favorite holidays. The only problem is that they can't decide which ones.
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
Kids
- Three Musketeers: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Karen Brewer
- Scott and Timmy Hsu
- Melody and Bill Korman
- Linny Papadakis
- Maria Kilbourne
- Stephen Andrews - boy on television
Adults
- Mr. Tastee
- Mr. Morgan - store owner
- TV announcer
- Rachel Brown - reference librarian
- Jodi Kesser - Connecticut congresswoman (mentioned)
- Cami Warner - tv producer for WJSN news
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Paper House - supply store
- Stoneybrook Public Library
Trivia[]
- Continuity: On page 40 Karen mentions that she'll be going to Washington D.C. again, her first time was in Karen's President.
- Pop culture and real life references: Nintendo and I Love Lucy.
- The chocolate stars cone and a rainbow pop are new ice cream flavors that Mr. Tastee sells.
- The back to school display is already out on display in stores.
- Karen and her friends plan on celebrating national friendship day next year.
- The television program Karen watches mentions Farmington Connecticut, which is a real town.
- Astrid knows a new trick.
- Two of Kristy's friends go to the library with them, it's unclear which BSC members come with her.
- Mr. Morgan owns the Paper House, Nannie has him special order materials for her chocolate making business.
- Jodi Kesser is the congresswoman for Connecticut in this book.
- The library has a summer fund-raiser, Nannie makes boxes of chocolates for it.
- Cami Warner is a producer at WJSN News Station in Stoneybrook.
- Charlie spends an afternoon on the beach with his friends.
- Elizabeth has friends at the TV station.