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Mrs. Noodlekugel
Nick and Maxine have a new babysitter--the eccentric Mrs. Noodlekugel who lives in the funny little house behind their drab high-rise apartment building along with her feline butler, Mr. Fuzzface, and three myopic mice.
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Daniel Tiger's neighborhood. Season 6, episode 1, Daniel's new babysitter/Daniel sleeps at the treehouse
Daniel is unsure about his new babysitter, but he gives it some time and has a tigertastic day. Then, Daniel and O the Owl sleep over at Katerina’s. O feels uncomfortable at first, but he gives it some time and decides to stay.
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Absurd Catalogues: The Functions of Lists in Postmodernist Fiction
Lists proliferate in postmodernist narratives,
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that is, the self-reflexive kind of fiction that reached its heyday in the second half of the twentieth century. This article seeks to determine the functions of these catalogues. First, they serve a metafictional or self-reflexive function. The lists in postmodernist fiction involve stylistic peculiarities through which the text reflects upon and thus foregrounds its status as fiction. Second, they highlight the limits of our compulsive need to impose order on chaos: postmodernist narratives present us with disorganized catalogues to ridicule our pattern-seeking minds, that is, our human attempts to create order and meaning. Third, they convey a certain attitude to life: the catalogues in postmodernist narratives celebrate variety and plurality by illustrating that individual entities cannot (or should not) be forced into a rigid system of order; the lists in postmodernist fiction thus invite us to adopt a playful attitude which closely correlates with the capacity of “letting things be” advocated by Zen masters.
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Just me and my babysitter
Little Critter does his enthusiastic best to help his babysitter, although his efforts frequently make a bad situation worse.
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How not to babysit your brother
When Grandma falls asleep, Will finds himself responsible for his little brother Steve and discovers the hard way what not to do when in charge.
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Kristy and the Mother's Day surprise
Kristy and the Baby-sitters Club plan a huge outing as a Mother's Day surprise for their clients, while Kristy's mother and stepfather have a surprise of their own in store for their family.
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