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81) Mr. Elephanter
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From early morning until sunset, beloved Mr. Elephanter takes care of the rambunctious youngsters of the Elephantery, preparing their breakfast, taking them to the park, tucking them in for naps, and joining them at play.
82) Win me something
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Willa Chen has never quite fit in. Growing up as a biracial Chinese American girl in New Jersey, Willa felt both hypervisible and unseen, too Asian to fit in at her mostly white school, and too white to speak to the few Asian kids around. After her parents' early divorce, they both remarried and started new families, and Willa grew up feeling outside of their new lives, too. For years, Willa does her best to stifle her feelings of loneliness, drifting...
83) Singer
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Imprisoned by her wicked and power-hungry mother, Lady Rhiannon, Gwenore escapes to a women's healing community, later changing her name and becoming nursemaid and protector to the children of the magical king of Lir, who is now married to Rhiannon.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
"Desperate to escape [her imploding life, failed Broadway actress and high school dropout Josie Pie] gets into reading . . . [and finds herself assuming the identity of] a different character [with each book] . . . It's the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?"...
85) Fiona
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Traces the experiences of a girl who leaves her unstable home in Texas to become an au pair in her mother's native Scottish Highlands, where a decades-old feud forces her to confront the ghosts of her past and question her sanity."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Canadian crossings volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
When Grace Abernathy's sister is rejected by the Easton family because of her low social class, Grace uses an assumed name to take on a position as nanny for her nephew Christian to see to his well-being, and soon ends up falling for the boy's guardian.
87) Caught up
Author
Series
Windy city volume 03
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Kai-- I?m a single dad and starting pitcher for Chicago?s MLB team. I?m stretched too thin, but I don?t want help raising my son. Each of his previous nannies only lasted a few weeks before I let them go. Now, my coach is putting his foot down by hiring the one person I can?t fire?his daughter. Miller Montgomery is the last woman I should fall for. Too wild, too young, and too unattached. Chicago is just a quick stop for her. I thought I?d be counting...
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When Mr. Green announces his diabolical plan to remarry, his children are horrified at the thought of losing their beloved Nanny Piggins.
Author
Series
Emmy and the rat series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
After learning that she has the power to communicate with rodents, ten-year-old Emmy seeks a way to stop Miss Barmy, an evil nanny who has been turned into a rat, from stealing jewels from Emmy's wealthy parents.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity volume 4
Pub. Date
1999, c1998
Description
Lori Shepherd, freed from the restrictions of motherhood by the arrival of the beautiful nanny Francesca Sciaparelli, must call upon her ghostly Aunt Dimity for help when she becomes caught in the middle of a controversy that threatens to destroy the village as well as her nanny's budding romance with archaeologist Adrian Culver.
Author
Series
Women of Lancaster County volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Amish-raised Ada Rupp knows it's time to make a commitment to the faith and join the church, especially if she wants a future with Amish widower Will Gundy. But when she has the chance to travel to Switzerland as the caregiver of a young child, she leaps at the opportunity. With the help of a young Mennonite scholar named Daniel, Ada learns about her ancestors, who left their home in Switzerland in search of religious freedom. Even as she spends...
93) Magpie Lane
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. As Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging, an eerie and ancient house, a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah, pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity, almost...
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Summary: Fearing that her detached lawyer husband is failing as a role model for their children, Jamie Whitfield, a working Park Avenue mother, decides to hire the "Manny," handsome, twenty-nine-year-old Peter Bailey, who has a genuine love for her kids, as the perfect substitute.
Author
Series
One Love volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
Description
The other nannies in this city don't call him the Sexy One for nothing. My boss, the amazingly wonderful single father to the girl I take care of every day is ridiculously hot, like movie star levels with those arms, and those eyes, and that body. Not to mention, the way he dotes on his little girl melts me all over. But what really makes my knees weak are the times when his gaze lingers on me. In secret. When no one else is around.
Author
Series
Roommates volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Max Alexander is nearing thirty-five. Heś built a successful company, and heś conquered the professional world, but heś never been lucky in love. Focusing so much time on his business and raising his daughter, adulting has come at the expense of his personal life. His social skills are shit, his patience is shot, and at times, his temper runs hot. The last thing he has time for is the recently single, too gorgeous for her own good young woman he...
Author
Series
Mercy Falls novel volume 1
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Addie Sullivan takes a job as a governess at a lavish yet mysterious estate in an attempt to decode her heritage, but she and Lieutenant John North discover the estate's secrets while cultivating a romance.
98) The Manny files
Author
Series
The manny files volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
A shy young boy learns how to be more outgoing and self-confident from his male nanny.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Their Second Chance by Shelley Shepard Gray — Amish nanny Hannah Eicher never thought she'd ever see Rob Prince again. There was no way a relationship between her and the handsome English fireman could overcome her family's objections and their personal differences. But when he saves her from a sudden blaze, Hannah longs to see if they can turn holiday hope into a lifetime of happiness.
His Amish Angel by Patricia Johns — She's too outspoken...
100) Harriet spies again
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Now "almost" twelve years old, Harriet tries to find out why her former nanny, Ole Golly, has returned to New York alone several months after getting married and moving to Canada.