The Good-bye Book

The Good-Bye book is about a little boy whose parents are about to go out for dinner and leaving him home with a babysitter. He makes up all these lies about how he is getting really sick and might run away if they really leave him and says how babysitters can be really mean and not fun. Eventually

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his parents leave and he ends up having a great time with the babysitter.

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This book is about a little boy who does not want his parents to leave to go to dinner. he says that he is getting sick, but they still are going. He told them he was mad and was going to run away, but they still got ready. He said he was going to cry but they still left. He did not want anything

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to do with the babysitter until the babysitter started to read him a book. The little boy did not have a problem saying good-bye after that. I thought this book was okay, but I do not think I would read it to a class.

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This book is about a boy whose parents are going out. It shows all the different reactions children have to their parents leaving them behind. The boy cries, yells, and even fakes being sick. In the end he is persuaded to be calm when the babysitter reads to him.

A little boy's parents decide they are going to go out one night. The little boy did not like that at all. He did everything he could think of to try and get his parents to stay home with him. He did not want to be stuck at home with a babysitter. The parents still decide to go out, even after

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everything the little boy has said. When the babysitter arrives, the parents leave, and the little boy ends up having a fun time with his babysitter. This book is great to teach children that they can still have fun while their parents are gone and they have a babysitter.

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This story is about a little boy who does not want his parents to go out one night. They are making him stay with a baby sitter that he does not like. The little boy does everything that he can to make his parents stay. He says he is sick and that his knee hurts. He throws fits, threatens to move

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away, and starts to cry. This story is a great book for intermediate readers.

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This is a very cute book written by Judith Viorst about a boy whose parents are going out to eat. He does NOT want them to go because he does not want to be left alone at home with the babysitter. He tells all the things the babysitter could make him do, pretends like he is sick, and begs his

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parents not to go. Many children will be able to relate to this book! In the end, he gives the babysitter a chance, likes her, and the parents go out to eat.

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This book is great for young children who don't always get their way and they actually enjoy what is given to them. This little boy doesn't want his parents to go to dinner without him. He gets a babysitter and thinks of the horrible time he will have with this babysitter. The babysitter finally

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comes over and distracts the little boy with an interesting book. The little boy finally says goodbye to his parents and it turned out to be just fine.

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This is a comical book about a boy who will make up any excuse to avoid staying with the babysitter. First and second graders would really enjoy this book.

A little boy having difficulties about letting go his parents for a date.
He's having all sort of bad feelings about baby sitters.
Age group: 4-6 years old
Source: Pierce County Library.

A young boy struggles to accept that his parents are leaving him at home with a babysitter while they go out for the evening. He comes to find out that spending some time with a babysitter can be fun!
Source: Pierce College Library
Ages: 4-6

In this book a boy struggles with his parents leaving to go out at night and bringing in a babysitter.

This is a cute, clever, little book. The little boy doesn't want his parents to leave him for a night out - so he threatens and fights and is generally - a little boy. Hilarious. The crack about McDonald's made me giggle. The pictures are soft, energetic, and entertaining. Any small child will

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enjoy this, and even the parents might!

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