The author really made it very interesting to read because of how she wrote it, and how she organized it.

I really liked this book because it has so many different things going on, but they are all connecting to one main idea. When Bibi leaves a new baby-sitter has to come who's name is Natalie, but Eleanor isn't happy about that. This book is about a little girl named Eleanor who has to let her baby-sitter Bibi go away to help her dad. Recently I have finished Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Steinberg. Whether a lost friendship, a move to a new school, or a greater loss of a parent or a family member, this book could help younger readers cope with their own feelings of bereavement. Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie is a great story for a young reader who might be experiencing a change in their own life. Will Eleanor adapt to this change in her life? Will she accept Natalie and come to terms with Bibi's move? 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.

Like pickle juice on a cookie