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...tush. Now comes the Perry chair, whose makers claim comfort need no longer be sacrificed for convenience. Created by sculptor, architect and designer Charles Perry, the chair has a single-piece steel frame that flexes backward and forward, while its polypropylene seat hangs from the lower backrest so the sitter's weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the upper backrest. Result: a user-friendly seat that can be stacked 25 high...
...poignant scene is played out time and again in America's courtrooms. A small, bewildered child sits in a witness chair, being led by an attorney through shocking testimony. The youngster speaks haltingly of unspeakable things done to him or her by a stranger, a baby-sitter or even a parent. Could such an innocent soul possibly be telling anything but the truth...
...Baby-Sitters was the brainchild of Jean Feiwell, editor in chief at Scholastic Inc., which publishes juvenile books. She noticed that tales with the word baby-sitter in the title sold well to young girls eager for that first taste of grownup responsibility. The club members -- now totaling seven -- and their experiences in fictional Stoneybrook, Conn., were created by Ann M. Martin, a former schoolteacher and children's book editor. Scribbling on yellow pads from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, the 36-year-old author, who lives in Manhattan with her cats Mouse and Rosie, turns...
...preteen challenges from sibling rivalry and peer pressure to the death of a grandparent and the arrival of a new stepparent. Divorce is a fairly constant theme. "That's on the minds of kids a lot," Martin says. The books also touch on issues of race and ethnicity. Baby-Sitter Claudia, for example, is Asian and a talented artist, but she has trouble academically. "We wanted to defy the stereotype that every Asian is brilliant," says Feiwell...
...spunky beauty from the '50s. Dad was Cool Daddy-o singer Eddie Fisher. "I was born of a golden womb," says Carrie. People like Lucille Ball and Jimmy Stewart used to come for dinner. Candice Bergen was always at their house because her best friend was the family baby-sitter. Unfortunately, father Eddie just barely had time to bequeath his eyes and voice to Carrie and sire her brother Todd before he gallivanted off with famous film fatale Elizabeth Taylor. The whole affair ended badly and publicly. As her legacy from the broken fairy-tale family, Carrie got a wounded...