Author: Julie Sternberg
Illustrator: Matthew Cordell
Awards: Texas Bluebonnet Award
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grades: 3-5
Eleanor, an eight-year-old girl was extremely sad when she found out her babysitter, BiBi, was moving away. She was having a hard time adjusting without her. She wrote her a letter hoping she would reply back. Every day she would check with the mailman to see if she had a new letter for her. In the meantime, she had a new babysitter, Natalie that was she was starting to like. they would do many fun activities that Eleanor liked. When school started, she had to tell her friends about her new babysitter, but luckily, her best friend liked her. On the way back from school one day, the mailman, Val, called her and Natalie over to see the letter she had from BiBi. Eleanor was so happy, she went home and read it. Although Eleanor was starting to like Natalie, she still read the BiBi's letter since she missed her deeply.
I would use this book in my classroom as a book club book if I was teaching an upper-level grade. This book would be appropriate for students in possibly third through fifth grade. I think students who have had a babysitter before may enjoy reading this book. Even if they have not, it would be a great book to have in my classroom library so students have the choice to read it.
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