All of Natalie's kindness and understanding seem lost on Eleanor. Natalie waits patiently with her for the mail carrier who never seems to have the greatly desired letter from Bibi that Eleanor anticipates. Natalie spends time playing mancala, a marble game, with Eleanor. Bibi has been her babysitter for Eleanor's entire eight years.Įleanor is having a tough time coping with this change in her life. Eleanor is having a terrible August because she has learned that her babysitter, Bibi, is moving away to Florida to take care of her sick father. Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie is a sweetly written book about a soon-to-be third grader named Eleanor. Reaching down into her bag, Julie pulled out notebook and pen and wrote the first pages of Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie. Everything that Julie and her husband suggested doing brought up memories of the cherished sitter. "Is there a story here?" That's the question Julie Sternberg asked herself as she and her husband drove their young girls around town after hearing news that their beloved babysitter was moving away.
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