GEORGE THE BABYSITTER

by Shirley Hughes ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 24, 1978

Hughes limits her plain, present-tense text to a tab of the day's activities, and reserves all the commentary for her warm, amusing pictures--which feature spills, mess, and breakage everywhere and reveal long-haired, teenage George as any working mother's dream come true. George feeds, airs, and exercises the children, fixes lunch, organizes clean-up details which don't always go according to plan, gives up on his magazine when the children, playing shipwreck, ""have to climb up George to keep from being drowned,"" doesn't resort to TV till the day's almost over, and flops exhausted in a chair when mother comes home with hugs and praise for the children: ""How could George have managed without them?"" The only thing George seems to have overlooked is a story hour; this could fill it nicely.

Pub Date: Feb. 24, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Prentice-Hall

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1978

Categories: CHILDREN'S