The Mum-Minder
I’m Sadie and I’m nearly nine. Mum’s a childminder, but she doesn’t have to mind me. I can mind myself, easy-peasy. Lucky for Mum, because now she’s got the flu, so I’ve got to mind her — and help with all the babies!The Mum-Minder is a hilarious, lively and warm-hearted account of a chaotic week...
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I’m Sadie and I’m nearly nine. Mum’s a childminder, but she doesn’t have to mind me. I can mind myself, easy-peasy. Lucky for Mum, because now she’s got the flu, so I’ve got to mind her — and help with all the babies!The Mum-Minder is a hilarious, lively and warm-hearted account of a chaotic week in the life of a young girl.“Jacqueline Wilson, whose books just keep getting better, always puts children at the centre and is also an expert on tweens.”–The Times
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440863021 (0440863023)
Publish date: May 1st 1994
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Mum-Minder is a cute story following Sadie, a girl who has to write a diary about her half term holiday. But when her mum gets flu, Sadie is left to take over her mum's job - babysitting toddlers!This is a nice insight into the mind of a nine year old who is left litterally "holding the baby" while ...
I read this during a couple of rainy lunch breaks I think - I think it was my first Wilson and maybe I was a little too old for it at the time.I found her writing a little too simplistic at the time and the story rather unimaginative - I can't say her other stuff ever appealed to me at all.Good for ...