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Post by virgoscorpio on May 9, 2012 13:04:42 GMT -5
^ Thanks!
I love this cover. The Little House neighbhourhood is very lush, green and beautiful. I want to live in that house Karen is in front of. Her dress is also really cute!
I agree that Karen was wrong in asking for the money back from Bobby and Nancy, but at the same time, she's 7 and so the mindset is understandable. I just wish someone would have taught her more about giving gifts and all that entails.
Bobby and Nancy seemed to be especially close in this book. It would have been cute to see their relationship develop further.
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Post by greer on May 9, 2012 19:54:39 GMT -5
I was always jealous of Karen's tan the cover.
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Post by wenonah4th on Aug 24, 2012 11:20:44 GMT -5
You knew Lisa could see it coming, how Karen would fritter the money away.
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Post by zoar3 on May 29, 2013 19:09:13 GMT -5
I really liked how close Nancy and Bobby were too Virgo. It's too bad "B & N Gardeners" didn't continue outside of this book. I loved how Andrew earned his own money and that B and N "hired" him in the first place. As for the $800, I think the strangest part was that the wallet seemed to be under a bush or otherwise somewhat hidden. It is possible Mr. Beadle was visiting or he and his family stayed with friends in the neighborhood and he lost his wallet that way but otherwise the whole thing is very odd! At 7, I might have also been disappointed at first with only the $100 had I truly built up the anticipation of the full $800. I thought it was so very generous of Mr. Beadle to give Karen so much money. It reminds me of how shocked Dawn and MA were to get the $20 in "MA Saves the Day." When I was Karen's age or maybe a little older, I don't remember, I did find a bag of money at a children's museum. I turned it in and that was the end of the whole thing. I would have loved knowing that the rightful owner had gotten it back though in this case a bag of money in a museum sounds awfully like a BSC mystery to me and less like something genuine (in terms of someone like Mr. Beadle losing it)! ETA: Lisa and Seth were very generous in paying for Hannie's Funland admission.
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Post by snakebracelet on May 31, 2013 19:52:35 GMT -5
Just finished this one. At the beginning of the book, when Karen and the neighbourhood kids are peering into the sewer and talking about the animals that might live down there, does anyone else think she was talking about a stormwater drain? I haven't come across any open sewers here in NZ, but we have plenty of stormwater drains with grates at the street curbs, and big pipes you can get into and wander around in. Just wondering if sewer is a colloquialism in this book, or if the kids are actually sitting around beside a drain full of excrement?
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Feb 12, 2014 0:53:40 GMT -5
^ I though that's where they were sitting too.
Love this book, this the is one where Karen is not so bratty and bratty. B & J gardeners was cute and I'm glad they hired Andrew.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jun 21, 2015 6:54:50 GMT -5
It's kind of funny that it doesn't occur to her, upon meeting the Beadles that there are seven children in the big house family- it's not as obvious I suppose since they're a blended family. But the total, from Charlie to EM, is seven!
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 4, 2022 17:13:13 GMT -5
This book was all about money! I sort of loved it. The Mr. Beadle guy was really carrying around a wallet with $800 cash and pictures of 2 of his 7 kids and nothing else in it. Lol. Karen said it was stuffed with money, and it took them a little bit to count it out. What, was it a bunch of ones and fives? Was he a waiter? Was it tip money? I need some answers.
I was (am) a very frugal little girl. Karen was very bad with money, but really all of the kids were also. She had that whole fight with Nancy and Bobby about paying Lisa the $10 back. It wouldn't have been an issue if both kids hadn't spent it immediately. They were supposed to be saving for Funland! Karen gave them $5 each and kept $790 but was then disappointed at a $100 reward. It could have been a $5 reward, Karen.
This brings up the debate of buying stuff vs having experiences. Karen was disappointed because she felt like she had very little to show for her spent money. She had a fun afternoon at the movies with friends (what do you think The Tale of the Bad Dog was about?), a fun afternoon ice cream treat with friends, and helped her brother succeed and feel good about himself. She didn't count any of that and only thought about the few things (quite a few things, really) that she bought at the toy store.
I really didn't like the part with Mr. Beadle's family at Funland. Karen acted like he was dirt poor because his family vacation was a day at an amusement park and a day at the beach. That's not poor to me. That's average life for a high percentage of the country.
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