scrounge
Sitter-In-Training
Boo and bullfrogs!
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Post by scrounge on Jan 31, 2013 17:24:23 GMT -5
This is one of my favorite LS books. I really like how nice her family is to her in this book and I like reading about all the things that go wrong, too. I thought it was really nice of Elizabeth to dump out the whole box of cereal so Karen could have the prize, even though she ended up with an empty packet. Karen's "cool new jeans with the zippers up the sides" made me smile because I remember jeans like that. I felt bad for her when the ice cream man was out of her choice and she didn't want anything else. I get like that sometimes. Charlie and Sam taking Karen out for ice cream is one of my favorite bits in the whole Little Sister series. This time when I read, I noticed that when Elizabeth was sewing up the rip in Moosie's side, Karen sat next to her on the bed and leaned her head on Elizabeth's shoulder. Wouldn't that make it awfully hard to sew? You kind of need both of your arms for that. As an aside, whenever Karen talks about her stuffed cats I picture them as Cabbage Patch Koosas even though they're not drawn like that in the illustrations. I don't know why.
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Feb 2, 2013 10:26:39 GMT -5
Cause both are yellowish in colour I suppose
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Post by zoar3 on Mar 14, 2013 14:14:07 GMT -5
I'll just agree with everyone on Elizabeth (outside of KGI) I had never seen her spend as much one on one time with one of her kids. She was a great friend to Karen in this. I did wonder though where Watson was but decided maybe Karen needed the attention/affection from someone she normally didn't spend as much time with for it to truly be meaningful on her "worst" day. Does that make sense? I mean that maybe part of the reason Karen brushed off Kristy and Andrew (he was also so sweet in this book loved how he never took back his offer to share the tattoos) was that she felt they had to be nice to to her, but Elizabeth, while I'd certainly hope she'd be kind to Karen, as I said, didn't always spend as much time with her as the others did.
Random questions, keep in mind I have not read many LS books. Is there ever a book that shows Karen helping Mr. Venta (the mailman) deliver the mail? That was cool that she got to do that. Also in the drawing on page 60, the person inside the mail truck looks more like an older Emily than a mail lady. Andrew gets two surprise movies from his godparents. Who are they and are we ever told about them? That would be cool to read about.
Finally, I noticed in both this book and Karen's Ghost that whenever there is a picture that is supposed to correlate to a book scene David Michael is left out! In this book it is not as obvious because only Karen, Amanda, and an older Andrew are shown waiting in line at the ice cream truck. (Page 74). In Karen's Ghost on page 80, the illustration shows all of Karen's friends and Andrew and Emily dressed up as W of O characters but no DM as the lion. Even Scott Hsu was shown! Poor DM usually being cast aside.
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Post by wenonah4th on Sept 26, 2013 14:00:47 GMT -5
Yes, the movies are *Lady and the Tramp* and *The Secret of NIMH*
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Post by zoar3 on Feb 4, 2014 12:45:42 GMT -5
I needed some extra cheer last night and read this book. I might read it again today. I think it is one of my very favorite LS stories, too. I love how Elizaneth operates on Moosie, that brings back a lot of memories of my Grandma fixing childhood stuffed friends of mine. Sullivan's Sweets with Sam and Charlie was so gingundoly kind and cool of them to do for Karen. Sullivan's is never mentioned in a BSC book is it? Maybe it is supposed to be the Rosebud? I still would love to learn more about Andrew's God parents, it would have been cool if he had called to thank them. I'm wondering if they are related to or friends with Watson or Elizabeth since the gift was sent to Andrew at the big house? Funny and sweet story, of course I did feel badly for Karen but I was glad she had so much love and care around her, too, that really showed in this book.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 5, 2014 17:31:13 GMT -5
I'm almost sure Sullivan's is mentioned in some other book but I can't be sure.
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Post by Honeybee on Feb 25, 2015 18:51:54 GMT -5
I notices Hannie looks different, in this book. She doesn't have the pigs tail. More like curly hair. I thought it was Nancy, when I saw the picture.
Why is Andrew, almost the same height as his older sister? He doesn't look like he's 4 in those pictures.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Apr 20, 2015 17:06:27 GMT -5
This book makes me want a chocolate soda AND a fudge sundae. I like the drawing of Kristy and Karen on page 13 but the dog drawn on page 29 looks more like Louie and not Shannon.
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Post by booklover85 on Jun 23, 2017 0:04:18 GMT -5
Karen's Worst Day is the first BSC related book I have ever read. I had reread it today because I was having an awful week and I wanted to take a trip back into my childhood to cheer me up.
I enjoyed it. No matter how much she tried, poor Karen couldn't have a nice day. Technically, Karen did have seven good things happen to her that day: Kristy surprised Karen with her matching jeans and sweatshirt, Elizabeth fixing Moosie and Elizabeth reading to Karen. I thought those scenes are really sweet.
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mallorypike
Sitting For The Papadakis's
If I were thirteen instead of eleven, life would be a picnic...
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Post by mallorypike on Jul 30, 2017 16:44:31 GMT -5
Just finished reading it. I thought it was a sweet and relatable story. I've had bad days like Karen had. Everyone does. there were good things that happened to her that day, though - the matching outfit with Kristy's, the date Sam and Charlie took her on, etc. Those moments were SO sweet!
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Jul 31, 2017 2:15:54 GMT -5
Yes I love the Sam and Charlie "date" with Karen. That was so sweet.
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mallorypike
Sitting For The Papadakis's
If I were thirteen instead of eleven, life would be a picnic...
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Post by mallorypike on Aug 1, 2017 17:07:37 GMT -5
I forgot to mention that I craved a chocolate soda and ice cream sundae while reading this book!
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Elsie13
New To Stoneybrook
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Post by Elsie13 on Sept 28, 2020 1:55:19 GMT -5
Andrew was just the sweetest in this book, I also love when Sam and Charlie take Karen out on a 'date.' I like the way that Karen's family were all so kind to her and the fact that almost all of the bad things that happened throughout the day caused a good thing through the kindness of Karen's family...such as how the fact that Mr Tastee didn't have the ice-cream Karen wanted caused Sam and Charlie to do a really lovely thing and take Karen out. To be honest I would have expected more to be made out of this, especially being a children's book, and Karen would realise that most of the good things in her bad day wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the bad things. I also would have expected some differentiation would be made between the bad things that happened that Karen had no control over (bad luck) and the bad things that happened that Karen could control. (bad choices - such as Karen's fight with Hannie, or Karen getting sent to her room, or Karen being all moody at Kristy) Like, Karen would learn that bad things that she causes herself has to with bad attitude etc. and that taking out her frustration at having bad luck on other people just makes more bad things etc. Overall, the sense of family was really strong in this book and a real highlight.
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Post by sparklymouse on May 29, 2023 14:54:43 GMT -5
I liked the trippy dream that started out the whole bad day. Karen was roller skating and couldn’t make it up a super steep hill, so this talking rabbit appeared and pushed her up it. Then the hill was really a cliff that she fell off of. Dramatic.
I did think that Hannie was a bit inconsiderate about the bike ride/picnic, but she was also known to be a dingbat up to this point. I could see if Linnie came over alone to invite David Michael, and then Hannie just went along with them. I love the insult “You are a toad!”
Is the mail delivery in my town so sketchy because a little kid like Karen is delivering it? That’s got to be a fireable offense to let a kid ride around in the mail truck and stick things in mailboxes.
I’ve never had a chocolate soda. The Internet tells me that it’s just ice cream, chocolate sauce, and carbonated water. So, like a root beer or Coke float, but without the soda flavor? Just fizzy ice cream, hmm.
That was an interesting strategy to shout The Worm Song at the top of her lungs until Watson cut her punishment short. Lol. I didn’t know it was a full song with more lyrics. I’ve always just said “Nobody likes me. Everybody hates me. Guess I’ll go eat worms.” in a sad Eeyore voice and thought that was it.
Karen was often self-absorbed but rarely mean. She was genuinely very mean to Andrew in this. He had to get a super short, unflattering haircut that she made fun of because she had butchered his hair earlier in the week. She called him spoiled and called his movies stupid and really just tried to ruin his moment that he didn’t even know was coming.
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