Marge in Charge and the Missing Orangutan

Marge #5

by Isla Fisher, Églantine Ceulemans (Illustrations)

The adventures of zany babysitter Marge continue in the third book of actress Isla Fisher’s charming illustrated series, perfect for fans of Amelia Bedelia and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. Marge, the rainbow-haired babysitter, returns! This tiny duchess has a trip planned for Jakey and Jemima Button—and she’s going to break a lot of rules along the way. In these three hilarious stories, a trip to the zoo with Marge seems like a perfect adventure. But it might turn out to be a perfect disaster! When Jakey’s tooth goes missing, a train gets stopped by a ferocious beast, and a favorite orangutan can’t be found, it seems as if everything will be ruined. But if there’s one thing Jakey and Jemima know, it’s that even disasters are fun when Marge is in charge!

144 pages, Hardcover

Published February 26, 2019

About the author

Isla Lang Fisher (born February 3, 1976) is an Australian actress and author. She was born in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents from Bathgate and Stranraer, and was raised in Perth, Western Australia. They resided in Muscat because of her father's job as a banker for the United Nations. Her mother is a romance novelist. Isla's name, after the Scottish island of Islay, is pronounced eye-la. She began acting on Australian television, on the short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera Home and Away. She has since been known for her comedic roles in Wedding Crashers (2005), Hot Rod (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). She is married to comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Fisher and Baron Cohen have a daughter, Olive Baron Cohen, born on October 19, 2007 in Los Angeles.
In the summer of 2010 Isla gave birth to her second child with Sacha Baron Cohen.

Reviews

[Beth]

My children love these stories. They are a very silly version of Mary Poppins.

[Jana · Rating 4 out of 5]

First “big book” I read to my nephew. And he listened to that whole thing!

[Margie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Young readers will truly enjoy the hilarious adventures of babysitter Marge when she is in charge. Though she's the adult her antics and riotous behavior rival any child's which of course, give the children in her care, a whole different view of grown-ups. Every child will want some like Marge as their babysitter.