Books like How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan

When Grandma Mimi has a stroke, Claudia must take over babysitting duties, which strains her already tense relationship with her sister and threatens her place in the Babysitters Club.

Mary Anne watches the friendships of her Babysitters Club friends fray apart—after a huge fight she is left alone, must forge new friends, and face her overprotective father while handling a babysitting crisis. She rises to reunite the group.

A spirited grandmother quests from her small home to the moon, seeking quiet to finish a knitting project, while humorously facing bears, goats and aliens—all to warm her grandchildren for winter.

Follow CJ and his grandma as they ride the bus on Sunday mornings, discovering the beauty and lessons in their everyday routine.

When a boy entrusts his older sister to read his beloved book, a tiger unexpectedly bursts alive from the steam of his soup, turning an ordinary lunch into a surprising adventure for siblings and babysitters alike.

When Jake’s parents ask a new neighbor to babysit, the boy discovers that a stranger can become an unexpected friend. A gentle, humorous picture book that explores trust and responsibility.

When Louisiana Elefante’s grandmother forces a midnight move, the young girl must leave her friends and navigate a small Georgia town, meeting a motel owner, a minister, and a mysterious boy along the way.

A charming picture book that explores the adventures of a child and a new babysitter.

A brave young boy learns to love the noisy, bustling city where his nana lives, with the help of a special cape and his newfound courage.

A child discovers the vital role of earthworms while helping Grandma in the garden.

It’s Friday night and Mom and Dad want to have a little fun together on the town. But who can they call to watch the kids? For nearly a century, it’s been the babysitter. Miriam Forman-Brunell brings critical attention to the ubiquitous, yet long-overlooked, role of the babysitter in American history. Drawing on her extensive research on the history of girls’ culture and employing a broad range of vibrant sources, Forman-Brunell analyzes the figure of the babysitter in the popular imagination. In her quest to gain a fuller picture of this largely uncharted cultural phenomenon, she amassed a wealth of popular artifacts and texts from which to draw: the Babysitter’s Club book series, songs such as the Lunachicks’ "Babysitters on Acid" and the 1960s hit "Baby Sittin’ Boogie," the Little Lulu cartoons, Barbie doll babysitting accessories, the suburban horror movie The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, urban legends, magazines, newspapers, television shows and more. What emerges is a fascinating and multifaceted history. Forman-Brunell shows that in addition to the obvious fears involved in leaving one’s children in another’s care, babysitters have often been targets for social, cultural, generational, and sexual anxieties, and thus present a fascinating mirror for American society. She also delves into the world of the babysitters, gaining important new perspectives on how the American teenage girl responded to the roles and responsibilities placed upon her throughout the decades. Maligned as incompetents, airheads, home-wreckers, and worse, babysitters have played an important part in the history of the American home and workforce. With this comprehensive, insightful, and even-handed study, they finally get the attention they deserve.

Todd Parr’s brightly illustrated book celebrates the unique bond between grandparents and grandchildren, depicting grandmas and grandpas in everyday moments—from dancing and hula‑hooping to life in wheelchairs and nursing homes.

Fancy Nancy is excited for her uncle’s wedding, but learns they plan a simple, nontraditional celebration—drawing Nancy into a lively lesson that elegance can spark from modest plans.

When grandmother Mimi dies, 13‑year‑old Claudia turns to her friends in the Baby‑Sitters Club for comfort and guidance as she faces loss and grief.

Grandma reads Max and Ruby three favorite bedtime stories about their adventures together.

From the creators of the New York Times bestsellers How to Babysit a Grandma and How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a fun and exciting way to share the joy of reading with grandparents. Now that you know how to babysit your grandma and grandpa, it's time to teach them how to read with you! In this hilarious new addition to Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish's bestselling How to... series, the kids are in charge! Kids can show their grandparents how to choose a great book, find the perfect spot to read together, and use their best reading-out-loud voices. Even after the book is done, there are lots of activities that kids and their grandparents can do together! Filled with charming role-reversal humor, creative ideas, and heartwarming moments, this ode to shared storytime is sure to delight kids, parents, and grandparents everywhere.