Bobby Gianelli

Bobby Gianelli
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Full name	Robert Gianelli
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Title
Biographical
Nickname	Bobby
Born
Hometown	Stoneybrook, CT
Age	7
Family	Mr. Gianelli Mrs. Gianelli Alicia Gianelli (little sister) Unnamed grandma Unnamed cousin
Romances
School	Stoneybrook Academy
Grade	2
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Miscellaneous
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Robert "Bobby" Gianelli is second grader in Ms. Colman's class at Stoneybrook Academy and a classmate of Karen Brewer. Bobby is the elder sibling of Alicia Gianelli and a member of the Gianelli Family. He is a recurring character in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister and The Kids in Ms. Colman's Class series, but only a minor character in the Baby-sitters Club series. Bobby lives down the street from Karen and Nancy Dawes on Forest Drive as of Karen's Bully.

Appearance and Personality

Despite not being described in the books, the covers show him with brown hair. His sister is described with olive skin and dark hair in Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies, Bobby might look a little like her.

He is usually confident, fearless, and in the early books was a bit of a bully. He calls himself very stubborn in Karen's Ice Skates, where he mentions that he might have gone on the ice even if Karen told him otherwise.

Biography

Bobby is shown to be a bully throughout some of the earlier Baby-Sitters Little Sister books. For instance, a couple of kids such as Sara Ford call him the meanest boy in the class when he and his friends pick on Pamela Harding in Baby Animal Zoo. If she didn't hold a baby animal, he and his friends would wear a shirt that says Pamela Is the Biggest Baby at Stoneybrook Academy to school everyday for a month.

He moved a couple of houses down from Nancy Dawes and Karen Brewer in Little Sister #31 Karen's Bully. After the events of Karen's Bully, he slowed down in his bullying ways. In Karen's Movie he helped filmed the movie for Karen's grandfather. In Karen's School Bus, Nancy said that Bobby protected her from the big kids.

He and Nancy Dawes create B&N Gardeners to earn money to spend on the Funland Amusement park. They split the money they earn between them and hire Andrew Brewer to help out. He stays out of the fight Karen and Nancy get into in Karen's Lucky Penny.

In Karen's Ice Skates Bobby fell into the pond before it was frozen over. Karen and Nancy pulled him out of the water. Nancy had stayed with him while Karen ran to dial 911. He then had to spend some time at the hospital.

In Karen's Lemonade Stand Bobby started to sell chocolate chip cookies next to Karen's lemonade stand before and after Krushers games. He eventually temporarily quit the team so he could make some extra money. He finally joined in on the game against the Bashers.

He and his sister helped Karen, Andrew, and Nancy paint a mural with the Barton kids in Karen's Toys. They won first place in the category under ten age group for the funniest panel. They had painted The Gorgones and the Tryops.

In Karen's New Puppy he and his friends help build a tree house in Karen's backyard. He had gotten into a tree house war with the younger kids when Karen said nobody until six could be in the tree house. His sister had hid the paint brushes.

He and Chris Lamar participated in the snow sculpture contest in Karen's Sleigh Ride.

In Karen's Movie, he films the movie Karen Brewer was making for her grandad. Bobby, along with the others, quit the movie when Karen becomes too bossy. They make up in the end and enjoy their movie premier.

Friends

• Hank Reubens (sometimes)
• Ian Johnson (sometimes)
• Omar Harris
• Chris Lamar
• Ricky Torres (best friend)
• Karen Brewer (when he is home and not at school)
• Nancy Dawes (when he is home and not at school)

Pets

Harriet a pet mouse as of Science Fair.

Likes

• Going up high on the jungle gym (Baby Animal Zoo)
• Sports
• Hootie the class guinea pig
• Animals
• Stan "the man" Jackson (basketball player LS#81)
• Computers (LS#20)

Dislikes

• Being scared
• Writing and spelling
• group work with nothing but girls

Book Appearances

• BSC #52 Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies
• BSC #86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC
• Little Sister #31 Karen's Bully
• Little Sister #53 Karen's School Bus
• The Kids in Ms. Colman's Class #7 Science Fair
• Little Sister #63 Karen's Movie
• Little Sister #56 Karen's Ice Skates

Trivia

• He attended circus camp and camp BSC (not at the same time).
• He appears as a Lost Boy in the production of Peter Pan.
• In Holiday Time he is part of the Hanukkah group.
• He thinks Natalie is okay despite teasing her from time to time. He dislikes Karen calling her his least favorite person in the class.
• Bobby is apathetic about science classes.
• He once got an ant farm for Christmas.
• Has once been to a different circus camp than the one the BSC hosted.
• In Karen's Home Run he entered the bike decorating contest. He said that if won he the one hundred dollar first prize, he'd buy a bunch of CDs.
• He likes to pull pranks on people like in Karen's Big Joke and Karen's Haunted House.
• In Karen's Field Day Karen says that he's a fast runner.
• He doesn't like the school's mystery meat.
• Bobby attends Mrs. Stone's farm camp in Karen's County Fair. He was in the cooking group with Ricky Torres, Cordelia, and Pamela Harding. 
• His mom makes really good oatmeal cookies.
• In Karen's Tattletale he was a lunchroom monitor for switch day.
• His candy bar was stolen right out of desk in Karen's School Mystery.
• Bobby has a cousin mentioned in Karen's New Friend.
• He attended Mr. Peabody's School of Dance and Charm with Karen in Karen's Tea Party.
• He is on Kristy's Krushers.
• Natalie Springer says that he would tease his classmates in Second Grade Baby.
• In Karen's in Love he was one of Ricky's groomsmen and ended up kissing Pamela Harding on the cheek in the heat of the moment.
• He and Ricky are partners in Karen's School Trip.
• He won second place in the second grade costume contest in Karen's Candy.
• Bobby was part of the science fair in Karen's Tattletale.

Gallery

Book Covers

Interior Illustrations

After Natalie Springer's mother brings her her underwear during school for her ballet lesson that afternoon, Bobby and Hank Reubens grab the bag to see it

Ian Johnson reading They Came from Beyond while Ricky Torres, Omar Harris, Bobby, and Chris Lamar look at a miniature ant farm Bobby is hiding in a paper bag

Ian complements Chris on the boys' igloo snowfort, next to Bobby

Bobby throws a snowball at Leslie Morris's fort to retaliate, but angers Karen (next to Jannie Gilbert) when he hits her group's snowfort instead

Bobby, Chris, Audrey Green and Natalie Springer observe that Ms. Colman is unhappy with the class's behavior of stealing snowflakes and ruining snowforts.

Audrey apologizes to Ian for throwing an iceball at him; Terri apologizes to Hannie Papadakis for throwing a snowball at her; Leslie tells Bobby she is sorry for smashing the side of his fort

Bobby slides into home plate next to Karen Brewer

Bobby threatens his 8-year-old neighbor Doug after Doug teases Bobby for playing tag with his sister Alicia Gianelli

Karen and Sara excitedly share ideas for their science project while Bobby says nothing

Bobby, Karen, and Sara look at mice in a cage in Pet Time

Bobby looks at Harriet in her cage and Karen and Sara's pages of observations on the desk

Either Mrs. Titus or a fourth grade teacher, the judges for the science fair, look at Bobby's project, next to Bobby and Karen who are not happy about their project

Ricky and Bobby look at a volcano project at the science fair

Angela Boone, the owner of Pet Time, explains to Bobby that Hunca Munca, the mouse Jim sold them, is actually a boy

Nancy Dawes, Bobby, Natalie Springer, and Omar Harris crowd around the shoebox that has Harriet, the mouse they recently found in the coatroom

Bobby and Karen question Audrey Green about whether she let Harriet out of her cage

After his mom buys Harriet for him, Bobby is happy because he finally has a pet of his own

Nancy, Chris, Karen, Bobby, and Sara Ford make costumes at Hannie's costume-making party

The Hanukkah group, Hannie, Bobby, Audrey, Terri Barkan, and Ricky sing Hanukkah songs which is the last holiday presentation