Karen's Puppet Show is the 88th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen is going to art camp! She cannot wait to make art projects. But Karen is mad at Hannie and Nancy. They are not going to art camp.
Karen works on a puppet show at camp. She makes silly puppets that look like Hannie and Nancy. But then Karen's friends buy tickets to the puppet show. Uh-oh. Now what is Karen going to do?
Summary[]
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 - Lisa Engle, Seth Engle
Kids
- Three Musketeers: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes
- Arts Camp: Vanessa Pike, Nicky Pike, Margo Pike, Arnold Twins, Jamie Newton, Natalie Springer, Omar Harris
- Melody Korman
- Bill Korman
- Maria Kilbourne
- Ebon Harris
Preteens
Teenagers
Adults
- Mrs. Dawes (mentioned)
- Mrs. Hsu (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Spier/Schafer backyard and barn
Trivia[]
- Claudia calls Kristy at the beginning of chapter 3.
- The BSC runs the camp that Karen attends, but there's no mention of Dawn or Abby.
- Andrew is taking swimming classes rather then going to the art camp.
- Projects the kids made include: tie-dyed shirts, lanyards, candles, soap sculptures, and finger painting.
- Nancy didn't want to go to camp because she wants to hang around this summer.
- Continuity: Karen says that sometimes she and Margo don't get along, which might reference to their time together in Karen's Mermaid.
- Charlie sometimes plays music really loud in his room.
- Pop culture and real life references include: Tom and Jerry, The Puppet Master
- The Hsu's and the Kilbourne's check in while Nannie, Watson, and Elizabeth were gone.
- Elizabeth has a friend named Kate.
- Sam goes door to door ticket selling with Karen for the arts show.
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