About this item
Ember and the other pets face their hardest challenge yet... BABYSITTING!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!A mysterious cat visits Ember in the middle of the night. She tells him that she will give him an army if he can complete a simple task: babysit her kittens for three days. Ember is eager to complete the task and be one step closer his goal of world domination. But babysitting is no walk in the dog park, and it'll take all paws on deck to keep the kittens safe and make sure the humans don't find out.
About the Author
Susan Tan has worked with children's books since the age of 14, when she had her first job working in the children's room of the Concord Public Library. She went on to study children's literature while at Williams College, and got her PhD from the University of Cambridge in children's and Young Adult literature. While in graduate school, she began to write a children's book of her own which became her debut novel - Cilla Lee-Jenkins, Future Author Extraordinaire. Cilla is based on Susan's own experiences growing up in a mixed-race family. A second book in the Cilla series, titled Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book is A Classic is scheduled for release in 2018. Susan was the 2015 Gish Jen Emerging Writers Fellow at the Writers' Room of Boston, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts Boston. You can follow her on Twitter (@susansmtan) , or write her a message through her website: www.susantanbooks.com
