Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie
Illustrator:
Matthew Cordell 
Reading Level: Grades 1-3
When Eleanor's babysitter Bibi moves far away, Eleanor is devastated. Life without her favorite person is hard. Everything Eleanor used to like to do is now unpleasant and sad because it reminds her of Bibi. It's awful - way worse than pickle juice on a cookie. Things get even worse when Eleanor's parents hire a NEW babysitter.
Written in verse, this short, charming novel explores loss in a fresh way - no one dies; Bibi has only moved away and still cares very much about Eleanor. Eleanor learns to accept and even come to like her new babysitter, but no one can ever replace Bibi.
Tags: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Family, Friends, Non-Prose, Read-Alouds, Realistic Fiction, Relationships, J Fiction, EF