Karen's Reindeer is the 116th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen has seen a reindeer in Stoneybrook! He could be one of Santa's reindeer. So Karen is taking care of him – to make sure that Christmas is not ruined. But does Santa Claus know what Karen is doing? Karen is waiting for a sign that he does. And she hopes it will come at the school assembly, when Karen is playing Rudolph.
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Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen 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 (mentioned)
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Bobby Gianelli, Pamela Harding, Terri Barkan, Sara Ford, Ian Johnson, Hank Reubens, Ricky Torres, Natalie Springer, Addie Sidney
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Wickersham - teacher (mentioned)
- Merry Perkins (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Bellair's
Trivia[]
- This is the last Christmas book within the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
- This is one of the few books that uses actual dates through Karen's naughty or nice list.
- Continuity: Merry is still Karen and Andrew's nanny since the events of Karen's Nanny.
- Inconsistencies:
- Pop culture and real life references: Power Rangers reference on page 43. Forbes, Sports Illustrated, and Newsweek (magazines)
- Terri Barkan takes attendance.
- This is the first year Stoneybrook Academy hosts a holiday pageant for parents and friends of the school.
- Karen loves it when Ms. Colman has to tell the other kids to use their indoor voices.
- Andrew got the last fudgey mallow cookie.
- David Michael, Emily Michelle, Andrew, and Karen share a bathroom. Kristy, Sam, and Charlie share another which is always a mess.
- Sam has ice hockey skates of his own.
- The kids suggestions for the class program are:
- Sara Ford suggested a Kwanzaa celebration
- Pamela would dress up like high style Brittany and the girls would be her personal assistant - the boys would watch.
- Bobby suggests a toy wars skit.
- Ricky suggests a mini winter Olympics with a bob sled going down the center aisle of the auditorium.
- Natalie suggests the birth of Jesus and the manger scene.
- Nancy wanted to do something in honor of Hanukkah.
- Karen calls herself a naturally cheerful person.
- Charlie believes Karen about the reindeer.
- David Michael thinks that he's too old to sit on Santa's lap.
- Watson filmed the class production.
- Karen couldn't believe that Kristy was naughty when she was a kid.
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