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Bad Babysitter

Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm · 90 pages

"Babymouse discovers that babysitting is not as easy as it sounds"-- In order to earn some extra spending cash, Babymouse takes a job babysitting for a set of triplets and gets more than she bargained for. In order to earn some extra spending cash, Babymouse starts taking some babysitting jobs but soon discovers that babysitting is not as easy as it sounds. The coauthor is Matthew Holm. Book #19

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyFemale Lead
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Mary Poppins

P.L. Travers · 206 pages

An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyFemale Lead
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Harriet Spies Again

Helen Ericson · 230 pages

Harriet M. Welsch is up to her old spying tricks when her beloved nanny Ole Golly, who had married and moved to Montreal, returns without her husband, Harriet's friend Sport announces he has a crush on a schoolmate, and the people across the street appear to be holding a child hostage.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyFemale Lead
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Boy-Crazy Stacey

Ann M. Martin · 138 pages

Spending two weeks at the New Jersey shore as mother's helpers, Mary Anne objects when Stacey neglects her babysitting duties after falling in love with Scott the lifeguard.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyFemale Lead
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The Unmapped Sea

Maryrose Wood · 404 pages

Determined to break the wolfish curse that is threatening her charges and their unborn baby sibling, Miss Penelope Lumley takes a seaside holiday in the hope of gaining answers from an aging mariner.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyFemale Lead
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Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh · 298 pages

Harriet the Spy is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnySeries
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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Lynne Jonell · 349 pages

When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnySeries
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Kristy's Great Idea

Raina Telgemeier, Ann M. Martin · 186 pages

Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. A graphic novel based on the 1988 book by the same name.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyFemale Lead
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Nanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan

R.A. Spratt · 272 pages

When Mr. Green announces his diabolical plan to remarry, his children are horrified at the thought of losing their beloved Nanny Piggins.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnySeries
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Nurse Matilda

Christianna Brand · 128 pages

The incorrigible Brown children, who devour nannies, nurse-maids, and governesses, finally meet their match.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyIllustrated Book
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Horrid Henry And The Bogey Babysitter

Francesca Simon · 96 pages

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnyIllustrated Book
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Claudia and the First Thanksgiving

Ann M. Martin, Nola Thacker · 128 pages

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFemale LeadSeries
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Betty MacDonald · 118 pages

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is an extraordinarily magic little woman with a talent for curing children of their bad behaviors. She lives in an upside-down house and is the best friend of every child in town. Watch as she cleverly takes on a never go to bedder, cures a messy room, and more.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunnySeries
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Dawn and the Impossible Three

Gale Galligan, Ann M. Martin

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFemale LeadSeries
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Rose and the Magician's Mask

Holly Webb · 225 pages

When a precious mask of unimaginable power is stolen from the royal palace, Rose suspects that dark magicians are at work and that danger looms. The race to stop the evil thieves will take Rose to the mysterious city of Venice, where nothing is quite what it seems.

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFemale LeadSeries
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Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish · 64 pages

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Nanny or CaregiverFunnyIllustrated BookFemale Lead
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Bravo, Amelia Bedelia!

Herman Parish · 45 pages

From the time she is sent to pick up the guest conductor, Amelia Bedelia's normal confusion causes quite an uproar at the school concert.

Nanny or CaregiverFunnySeriesFemale Lead
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912

Ellen Emerson White · 197 pages

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (Dear America Series)

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFemale LeadSeries
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Madame Doubtfire

Anne Fine · 188 pages

Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and fro between their volatile mother, Miranda, and Daniel, their out-of-work actor father. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will supervise the children after school - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. Th

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunny
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The Willoughbys

Lois Lowry · 175 pages

La famille Willoughby est composée d'un père irascible, d'une mère paresseuse et froide et de quatre enfants : Timothy, douze ans, les jumeaux Barnaby, dix ans, et Jane, six ans et demi. Un jour, les enfants trouvent un bébé abandonné devant la porte de leur maison. Leur mère, qui déteste ses propres enfants, refuse évidemment de garder le nourrisson. Timothy et toute la fratrie décident alors de

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFunny
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Sapphire Battersea

Jacqueline Wilson · 368 pages

Hetty is now with her dear mother Ida... but Ida has fallen dangerously ill. While caring for her mother, she also struggles to find her own father, Robert, who has her striking red hair as well. Along the way she meets some one from her child hood... Someone called Jem. But after many years have passed, will she still love Jem as much as she did?

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFemale LeadSeries
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Journey to the River Sea

Eva Ibbotson · 298 pages

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFemale Lead
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Stolen Children

Peg Kehret · 165 pages

When Amy agreed to baby-sit Kendra Edgerton, she had no idea she was stepping into a kidnapping plot. Two men force the girls out of the house and into a cabin in the woods, where they create DVDs to send to the families, in hopes of a large ransom from Kendra's wealthy parents. Using her wits and imagination, Amy stealthily sends clues to the police through the DVDs, but time is working against h

Nanny or CaregiverMiddle GradeFemale Lead
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Every Crooked Nanny

Kathy Hogan Trocheck, Mary Kay Andrews · 326 pages

Nanny or CaregiverFunnyFemale LeadSeries

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