Dear Babysitter Handbook [Paperback]

Vicki Lansky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001

Geared to both parent and babysitter, this handbook provides essential information for everything from playtime to emergencies--with space for parents to fill in vital data a sitter must know. Illustrated.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Book Peddlers (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916773167
• ISBN-13: 978-0916773168
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,603,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Feed Me I'm Yours, my first book, began as a local fund raising cookbook in 1974 and turned me into an author. I thought it was the only book I'd ever write and then for a while, I thought that each new book would be my last. Was I wrong!

Along the way I also became a publisher. Feed Me I'm Yours was first published from my husband's and my home on Meadowbrook Lane (i.e., Meadowbrook Press). Our company grew very fast as we learned the publishing business. After our divorce 8 years later, I left Meadowbook Press with no plans of being a publisher again. However, as the books I wrote for others went out of print, I established my own imprint, Book Peddlers, which now publishes over half of my 30 titles...including (naturally) Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents.

When you write parenting books, everyone glances critically at your children. Thank goodness mine had the good grace to turn out well. Despite my mistakes (and they'll be the first to point them out) my thirty-something twosome have survived and thrived in spite of having had a "professional" mother. Lucky me!

I think my mother would be astonished to know that I give out cleaning and household advice to millions of people as a columnist for Family Circle magazine. After all, she 'not I' had made a career of homemaking. In 1988, when Family Circle asked me to be a contributing editor to their "Help" column, I was delighted. This would be a place for me to share "grown-up" tips. I was now moving beyond the days of needing to know that peanut butter removes gum from children's hair!

Writing about household hints has been more of an education than I ever dreamt. I'm often asked what my favorite tip is. Usually it's the one I've not heard before, which is what keeps my work so interesting. My books on Baking Soda tips and Vinegar tips have sold in the hundreds of thousands copies. Amazing. How lucky I am to be able to share so many helpful ideas...and it is good, clean FUN too.

I'm not sure of my next projects as I've decided to cut back a bit on my book life and work a little more on just my life. But I'm never far from my computer and I know there are idea gremlins scrambling around my brain waiting to escape. Stay tuned.....

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Synopsis, September 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dear Babysitter Handbook (Paperback)

I thought this book was a great thing to have. I think all parents should get one. I really reccomend it. I am a babysitter myself and I ordered this book not knowing it was for parents. It has all the information that I needed to know.

5.0 out of 5 stars This little book is vital to parents who make use of a baby sitter!, June 26, 2006

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Avid Reader "Sarah" (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dear Babysitter Handbook (Paperback)

I received this book and the Infant and Child Care Skills (Education) (Paperback) by Monica M. Bassett as part of my orientation training to be an Au Pair. This is a great book and an essential in every home with children. You might not make use of a babysitter but having all the critical information and telephone numbers etc in one little book is simply brilliant. I refer to this book quite often.