Karen's Carnival is the twentieth book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
One day Karen, Hannie, and Nancy are bored, bored, bored. They can't go roller-skating, and the playground is too far away. So Karen decides to have a carnival, with all kinds of games and prizes!
What will the girls do with the money they make from their carnival? Hannie wants some roller skates, but Karen can think of something even better!
Summary[]
Karen, Hannie, and Nancy all want roller skates. They decide to have a carnival to raise money for skates. After hearing about a new playground that is being built near Karen’s dad’s house and hearing Ms. Coleman read a newspaper story about kids who earned money to buy their school a computer, Karen wants to have the carnival but give the money to the playground fund.
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
- Little House - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Musketeers - Nancy Dawes, Hannie Papadakis
- Ms. Colman's Class - Bobby Gianelli, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres, Pamela Harding, Leslie Morris, Jannie Gilbert, Hank Reubens
- Linny Papadakis
- Melody Korman
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. and Mrs. Dawes
- Mrs. and Mr. Papadakis
- Mrs. Reubens (mentioned)
- Mrs. Arnold (mentioned)
- Mr. Pike (mentioned)
- Mary R. Sanderson (author)
- Tabitha Porter (Morbidda Destiny)
Places in this Book[]
- Little House
- Big House
- Hannie's house
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Palmer Square downtown
- Unicorn Toy Store
- Stoneybrook Playground
- Stoneybrook Middle School (mentioned)
- Stoneybrook High School (mentioned)
- Stoneybrook Elementary School (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- On the dedication page it says: "For Linda Lannon with affection - and gratitude for holding up her end of the bargain."
- On page 3 Karen suggests building a treehouse, which happens in Karen's New Puppy.
- Hannie's roller skates don't fit her and Nancy doesn't own a pair.
- Lisa is in charge of fundraising for the new playground.
- Karen and Hannie get into a fist fight in this book; this is the first book to show a physical fight.
- Mrs. Arnold and Mr. Pike are on the committee to build the new playground. Mrs. Arnold suggested inviting an author to come and sign books. Mr. Pike suggested a potluck supper.
- Karen knows that she can be pushy.
- This is one of the few appearances of Palmer Square in Downtown.
- Charlie owns a megaphone.
- There was a music festival held on a Friday night.
- Lisa mentions Mrs. Reubens in chapter 8, but in The Kids In Ms. Coleman’s Class Spelling Bee (which takes place before this book), Karen says Hank’s mom lives live in Florida. However, in Karen’s Twin Hank says that he has a stepmom; she could be the Mrs. Reubens who Lisa talked about in this book.
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