Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service was written by Keith Robertson and was illustrated by Robert McCloskey, who, if you haven't read my other Henry Reed post, won a Caldecott Medal for Make Way for Ducklings. It was published 1966.Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service is about a boy named Henry who wants to earn money during the summer while staying at his aunt and uncle's house. He decides to do baby-sitting. At first, he just goes to other people's houses to baby-sit. Then, he and his friend Midge open up a child-care. It's a read for you if you like lots of excitement.
My favorite part of Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service is when Henry and Midge are taking care of the children in their child-care. All the kids seem to be afraid of the barn, which where the kids hang out when they are not outside. Someone seems to be moaning up in the rafters. Henry checks it out, and sure enough, there is a speaker in the rafters. Henry, Midge, an the kids all follow the cords to Johnny Sebastian's house when he was joking about scaring the little kids and said that Midge was not smart, Midge took her hatchet and cut the rope of the hammock he was lying in. He did not play any more tricks after that.
