This book is basically a book of comic strips. Like in the other book that I wrote about, that was by Bill Amend, this book has a bout six main characters: Jason, Jason's beat friend, Roger (Jason's father), Peter (Jason's older brother), Jason's mother, and Paige (Jason's older sister). This is my favorite strip in the book:
" Paige do you remember Margret O'dell from my book club?" Paige's mom
"The weird pregnant lady?" Paige says
"Well she's no longer pregnant. She wanted to know if you could baby-sit for her tomorrow night."
"How old's the kid?"
"Her daughter is nine months. She also wanted to know how much you charge."
"Let's see... nine months is 15 months under two years, invert that, add one and multiply by the best rate..."
" You know for someone who claims "B" is the best grade she can do in math class..."
"...Divide by the girl coefficient of 1.05, add 50 cents for short notice, round to two decimal places..."
"Hi there! You must be Katherine" Paige says
"Um, it's Katherine with a "K." Margret O'dell says
" That's what i said."
"No, you said "Catherine" with a "C." I could tell. Hold on-I'll be right back."
"Hi there! You must be the girl that will need massive therapy in twelve years!"
"Ok, this video camera that I hid in this doll should prove I'm right...Ok Paige, here are my ground rules...If there's an accident, I want you to call me, if she eats something she shouldn't,I want you to call me. If she cries for more than a minute, I want you to call me. If she sneezes I want you to call me. IF she wets her diaper, I want you to call me. If she doesn't wet her diaper I want you to call me. The rest is on this list. Oops! I almost forgot-here's the number where I'll be."
"Dang" Paige thought
"Bye-bye sweetheart...bye-bye sweetie-poo...bye-bye sweetheart...By the way she may experience some separation anxiety."
"Um, weren't your dinner reservations for a half-hour ago?"
"Now, when you change her diaper, she likes it if you sing to her."
This women won't leave" Paige thought
"I told you which bottles to use right? She likes the pink one for her late feeding."
"She won't leave and she won't shut up."
"There was something else too...Now what was that?"
"Can this baby-sitting job get anymore nightmarish?"
"Oh, yes-I hope you don't mind, but I don' own a TV."
"Don't scream in till she's gone...Don't scream in till she's gone..."
"Bye-bye sweetie!"
" Say "bye-bye mommy."Paige says
"Say "have fun mommy." Click
"WAAA!"Katherine wails
"Say," hurry back mommy"
" Paige do you remember Margret O'dell from my book club?" Paige's mom
"The weird pregnant lady?" Paige says
"Well she's no longer pregnant. She wanted to know if you could baby-sit for her tomorrow night."
"How old's the kid?"
"Her daughter is nine months. She also wanted to know how much you charge."
"Let's see... nine months is 15 months under two years, invert that, add one and multiply by the best rate..."
" You know for someone who claims "B" is the best grade she can do in math class..."
"...Divide by the girl coefficient of 1.05, add 50 cents for short notice, round to two decimal places..."
"Hi there! You must be Katherine" Paige says
"Um, it's Katherine with a "K." Margret O'dell says
" That's what i said."
"No, you said "Catherine" with a "C." I could tell. Hold on-I'll be right back."
"Hi there! You must be the girl that will need massive therapy in twelve years!"
"Ok, this video camera that I hid in this doll should prove I'm right...Ok Paige, here are my ground rules...If there's an accident, I want you to call me, if she eats something she shouldn't,I want you to call me. If she cries for more than a minute, I want you to call me. If she sneezes I want you to call me. IF she wets her diaper, I want you to call me. If she doesn't wet her diaper I want you to call me. The rest is on this list. Oops! I almost forgot-here's the number where I'll be."
"Dang" Paige thought
"Bye-bye sweetheart...bye-bye sweetie-poo...bye-bye sweetheart...By the way she may experience some separation anxiety."
"Um, weren't your dinner reservations for a half-hour ago?"
"Now, when you change her diaper, she likes it if you sing to her."
This women won't leave" Paige thought
"I told you which bottles to use right? She likes the pink one for her late feeding."
"She won't leave and she won't shut up."
"There was something else too...Now what was that?"
"Can this baby-sitting job get anymore nightmarish?"
"Oh, yes-I hope you don't mind, but I don' own a TV."
"Don't scream in till she's gone...Don't scream in till she's gone..."
"Bye-bye sweetie!"
" Say "bye-bye mommy."Paige says
"Say "have fun mommy." Click
"WAAA!"Katherine wails
"Say," hurry back mommy"
-Emie
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