Karen's Newspaper (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, No. 40) [Paperback]

Ann Matthews Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1993 | Age Level: 7 and up

Karen hatches the idea of starting a neighborhood newspaper just for kids, but when she and her friends print gossip about the neighbors, they get in lots of trouble.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 99 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic; THE BABY SITTERS LITTLE SISTER #40 edition (August 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059047040X
• ISBN-13: 978-0590470407
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,406,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ann M. Martin is the bestselling author of the momentous series The Baby-sitters Club, as well as the Main Street series. Her other acclaimed novels include "A Dog's Life," "Belle Teal," "Here Today," and the Newbery Honor Book "A Corner of the Universe." She lives in upstate New York. For more information, visit www.scholastic.com/bsc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Karen's got the scoop...on the whole neighborhood!", April 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Karen's Newspaper (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, No. 40) (Paperback)

After seven-year-old Karen Brewer meets a news reporter for 'The Stoneybrook News,' she decides to start a kids' newspaper with two of her friends, Nancy Dawes and Hannie Papadakis, called 'The 3M (Three Musketeers) Gazette.' Instead of boring news that appears in the adult's newspaper, their first issue includes things that happen in their neighborhood, like Karen's stepbrother buying his girlfriend an inexpensive bracelet, Hannie's father going on a diet to lose his "spare tire," and a neighbor who loses his job. Needless to say, their first issue doesn't go over well. So they decide on a new approach, by learning from grocery store tabloids--only nobody takes it seriously. What will they think of next to put in their newspaper?

The ending to "Karen's Newspaper" is great and gives a good message: to respect other people's privacy. The entire book is full of creative ideas for young kids who are interested in journalism.

5.0 out of 5 stars Karen's Newspaper, April 17, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Karen's Newspaper (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, No. 40) (Paperback)

I got this book from the library last year, and I don't remember it very good. Karen, and her friends Hannie and Nancy start a newspaper, but they embaress some of the other people that live close to them when they write about them in their newspaper, so they get in trouble and have to stop making the paper. All of the Baby Sitters Little Sister books are good.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making a newspaper, April 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Karen's Newspaper (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, No. 40) (Paperback)

I think the books are awsome and cool. Way to go Ann M. Martin