Karen's Two Families by Ann M. Martin is a book in the Baby-Sitters series. In this book Karen is dealing with having two families. She has loved have two of everything but in this book she is having a hard time dealing with only seeing her father and being at the "big house" four days out of each month. Karen and her brother are very sad every time they have to leave the "big house" so they decide to take action and talk to their parents about spending equal time at each house.
I thought this was a good book. I liked how it dealt with real life situations. I also liked how Karen handled the situation. She was very mature and patient when talking to her parents about what she wanted. I think these books are very real and will interest many girls who are going through the same situations. I also think this book gives children a good idea of how to deal with problems.
I think this would be a great book to have in a classroom library, along with the rest of the books in this series. Girls who are interested in this series will have 49 different books to read that will keep them interested and motivated to read. The books in this series deal with real life situations that children can relate to and learn how to deal with. The reading level for this book is third grade but I think advanced readers in second grade would be able to read and enjoy these books. The content of the book is not too difficult to understand and much of the book is very straight forward. Readers will not have to do a lot of inferencing so this book would be great for struggling readers to read and improve their reading skills.
This book brings back so many great memories. I don't remember if this is a book that I've read before or not, but I agree with you that having it in the classroom library with the other books in the series would be great!
ReplyDeleteI grew up reading these books, they hold meaning and teach about friend ship. I am thinking about getting a couple and trying them out on my daughter this summer to see if she likes them. I agree about having them in the classroom library I plan having a couple.
ReplyDeleteThis style of the cover is what I remember growing up. Have you seen the updated covers they have for the re-release, such as this one: http://www.amazon.com/The-Baby-Sitters-Club-Kristys-Great/dp/0545174759/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338308480&sr=1-1-fkmr0
ReplyDeleteI always love to see updates of covers to help attract a new generation to books that they would still enjoy but might not pick up based on the covers.
I don't remember if I ever read any of the "Little Sister" books, but I'm sure that I would like them considering how I feel about The Babysitters Club. I like having books to offer students that deal with topics that students may be dealing with in their own lives.
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