Marge in Charge and the Stolen Treasure

by Isla Fisher, Eglantine Ceulemans (Illustrator)

Overview

Everyone’s favorite zany babysitter is back! This is the second book in actress Isla Fisher’s warmly embraced series, perfect for fans of Amelia Bedelia and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. Features charming illustrations.

Marge the babysitter might look like a very tiny elfin grandmother at first, but in these three hilarious stories, she’s letting down her rainbow hair and getting in a brand-new heap of trouble.

Siblings Jemima and Jake Button are used to things being very sensible: their babysitters always follow the lists of rules from Mommy and Dad. But sometimes sensible isn’t very fun—and with Marge around, you’ve got to stay on your toes! Before you can say Kalamazoo!, there’s a pirate baby on the loose, lost treasure at the neighborhood pool, and chaos at a very important wedding.

When Marge is in charge, you truly never know what will happen next!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062662224
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/29/2019
Series:	Marge in Charge Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,105,944
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Isla Fisher has worked in TV and film for twenty-five years, including roles in The Great Gatsby, I Heart Huckabees, Wedding Crashers, Rise of the Guardians, Scooby Doo, Definitely Maybe, and Confessions of a Shopaholic. She has also co-starred in Arrested Development and lent her voice to the Oscar-winning animated film Rango. Most recently, she can be seen starring in Keeping Up with the Joneses and Nocturnal Animals. She has won an MTV Movie Award, an Elle Women in Hollywood Icon Award, and an AACTA Trailblazer Award, and she was recognized by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and has received nominations ranging from the Teen Choice Awards to the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has played many fun and different characters, but her favorite role is being a mom to her three children with her husband, fellow comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Isla has been making up stories at bedtime for them every night since they were born, which is how Marge in Charge began.

Editorial Reviews

The slapstick humor is right on target for the intended audience and...Jemima’s first-person narration puts readers right into the action as Marge creates magic, fun, and resourcefulness wherever she goes.” — School Library Journal

Praise for MARGE IN CHARGE: “The short, funny adventures will appeal to new readers. This also works well as a read-aloud and is a great segue into the classic tales of another mischievous nanny, Mary Poppins.” — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

02/01/2018
Gr 4–6—The eccentric babysitter with multi-colored hair is back in this sophomore entry in the "Marge" series, which was first published in the UK by celebrity author Fisher. In the tradition of Mary Poppins and Nurse Matilda, Marge is a modern reboot of the classic British nanny who brings adventure into the humdrum lives of her charges, all while getting them to accomplish unpleasant tasks by adding a bit of whimsy. This new installment has the same format as the first: three self-contained short stories, although this time, Fisher introduces a new baby to the mix and Marge must now mind Jake and Jemima's baby cousin, which adds a whole other layer to the mayhem. The new adventures include a fun-filled day playing pirates, a trip to the town pool as explorers rescuing stolen treasure, and a wedding in which near-disaster ensues. The slapstick humor is right on target for the intended audience and humorous cartoonlike illustrations of varying sizes can be found on every spread. Jemima's first-person narration puts readers right into the action as Marge creates magic, fun, and resourcefulness wherever she goes while sometimes getting it wrong, which forces the big sister to save the day. No knowledge of the previous book is necessary. Marge may be a bit over the top for some, but she certainly has panache. VERDICT Light and entertaining, buy where the first installment is popular.—Kate Nafz, Fair Lawn Public Library

School Library Journal

2018-03-04
These three new chapters chronicling Marge's babysitting antics (Marge in Charge, 2017) include a new baby, a trip to the swimming pool, and wedding mishaps.Rainbow-haired Marge is a modern twist on Amelia Bedelia and Mary Poppins, creating genial havoc in the lives of her charges. Jemima and her little brother, "Jakeypants," now joined by their destructive baby cousin, Zara, love the zany stories Marge tells them as she's working. Whether it's casting Zara as a pirate baby or convincing Jake to put on sunscreen, Jemima relates these adventures in a boppy, upbeat tone with liberal use of exclamation marks. Marge, who may (or may not) be a duchess, peppers the narrative with tales hinting at England's colonialist past. While embedded in a seemingly all-white cast, Marge claims she "decided to sail to Africa…to explore faraway lands." Later, a spot illustration shows her dressed in stereotypical Bedouin garb, reminiscing about the time she "galloped across the Arabian Desert…on a royal expedition." Early on Jake jeeringly compares baby Zara's "fat thighs" to a sumo wrestler's, and the stories seem actively intent on avoiding any textual or emotional depth.Readers who have graduated to chapter books may enjoy the imaginative adventures of the babysat, but caregivers may want to point them toward stories that are more meaningful or less cloying. (Fiction. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews