Karen's Tuba is the 37th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen's class is taking music lessons, and all of the kids are getting instruments! Instead of a beautiful flute, Karen ends up with a big, old tuba. And she is not very happy about that!
Karen's tuba sounds like a duck with a bad cold. But she's not giving up. Karen is going to be the best second-grade tuba player ever. Honk, honk!
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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
- Ms. Colman's Class: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Bobby Gianelli, Ricky Torres, Leslie Morris, Addie Sidney, Pamela Harding, Jannie Gilbert, Natalie Springer, Hank Reubens, Barkan Twins
- Linny Papadakis
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Simmons
- Mrs. Dade - instrumental music teacher
- Mrs. Hoffman
- Mrs. Dawes
- Mr. Hoffman (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Big House
- Dawes House
Trivia[]
- The working title of this book was Karen's Band[1].
- On the dedication page it says "For Eleanor Martin who can read the books about Karen now."
- Continuity: On page 17, Karen recalls how she used to treat Mrs. Hoffman from Karen's New Teacher.
- This is one of the few books where Ms. Colman's husband is seen.
- This is the second time Lisa and Seth have Ms. Colman over as a guest.
- On page 10 Karen guesses that Ms. Colman will get another class pet, which does eventually happen in Karen's Grandad.
- All of the second graders learn to play a musical instrument.
- One of the teachers at Stoneybrook Academy got married and quit sometime after the wedding.
- Class instruments include:
- Hannie, Leslie, and Natalie picked out the violin
- Nancy picked out the clarinet
- Pamela picked out the flute
- Ricky picked out the trombone
- Addie and Hank picked out the saxophone
- Sam can play three instruments.
- There is wallpaper in the hallway to the bedrooms.
- Karen, Hannie, Nancy, Natalie, Hank, and Ricky form the invitation committee to invite Mrs. Hoffman to be their permanent teacher in case Ms. Colman left.
- Nannie has been wearing earmuffs when Karen and the other kids practice.
- Mrs. Hoffman and her husband attend the concert.
- Ricky, Nancy, and Pamela kept their instruments after the music unit was over.
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