Emma Dilemma and the Camping Nanny - Hardcover

Author Patricia Hermes has lots of ideas for Emma’s dilemmas after raising five children of her own. She lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, and is a frequent speaker at schools and conferences around the country. Illustrator Abby Carter has drawn all of her life. When she was eleven, she and her grandmother had a card business: Abby drew, and her grandmother sold. In college she studied art, but also liked science and nutrition, and wished there was a way to combine it all. Several years later, after she was married and had a daughter, she and her husband founded Fresh Samantha, the juice company, which fulfilled that dream. In addition to her graphics for Fresh Samantha, she has illustrated many picture books and chapter books for children. She says that she loves to draw odd characters, and hates to draw straight lines. Abby lives with her husband and two children in Connecticut.

Grade 2–4—Nine-year-old Emma lives with her four siblings, her parents, and, most importantly, her nanny, Annie. Her life begins to change when Bo, Annie's boyfriend, begins to spend time with Annie on the weekends and evenings, and Emma doesn't like sharing her nanny. Then Emma's best friend, Luisa, becomes friends with Katie, and Emma is so overcome with jealousy that she begins to make poor decisions. During a camping trip, Emma decides to make Bo look like a coward. The plan backfires, and she realizes that Annie will never be lonely because of Emma's family and Bo, and that it's possible to love more than one person. Beginning chapter-book readers will enjoy meeting these characters, and many children will relate to Emma's feelings of being left out and jealous.—Marilyn Teicher, New York City Public Schools
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