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** Petronella is a real but unusual name. Astibil was probably invented by the author.
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** Petronella is a real but unusual name. Astibil was probably invented by the author.
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''Nelly the Monster Sitter'' is a children's pentalogy by British author Kes Gray. It follows a girl called Petronella Morton, who places an advertisement in the local newspaper offering monster families a chance to have her babysit their children for the evening. HilarityEnsues as she learns to understand different monster cultures and the best ways to look after their kids.
Each book features three stories following Nelly's babysitting experiences, as well as her family life. She lives with her snobbish twin sister Astibil, and her supportive parents. Nelly often bickers with Asti, particularly over Asti's prejudices towards Nelly's clients. It often makes their parents' lives harder.
[[AC:The Books]]
# ''Grerks, Squuirms & Water Greeps''
# ''Cowcumbers, Pippewaks & Altigators''
# ''Huffaluks, Muggots & Thermitts''
# ''Polarbores, Digdiggs & Dendrilegs''
# ''Ultravores, Rimes & Wattwatts''
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!!Tropes
* AerithAnBob: The Water Greeps family have Drip (father), Drop (mother), and the children Plip, Plop ... and Seaview?
* AllThereInTheManual: The first few pages of each book have a map of the estate that Nelly's family lives in. For each book, additional writing (presumably from Nelly) marks out the places that the monsters live.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Asti.
* CoolBigSis: Nelly often becomes this to the monster children she meets.
* DaddysGirl: Nelly, however, Asti isn't the same with their mother.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Asti's friend that comes to Asti and Nelly's birthday. She joined in on Asti's prejudice remarks towards Freeb the Huffaluk, but even ''she'' agreed that Asti deserved [[spoiler:being thrown on the roof.]]
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Nelly's father is referred to throughout the series as "Nelly's dad", but only Nelly's mother calls him by his real name: Clifford.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Asti's foolish to Nelly's responsible. Nelly willingly becomes a babysitter to monsters because she wants to help out the minorities; Asti is less of a foolish sibling and more of a lazy one, who cares more about keeping up appearances instead of important things like schoolwork.
* GentleGiant: Teet and Bello. Their daughter Petal is as tall as Nelly.
* HappilyMarried: Many of the monster parents that Nelly meets, as well as hers.
* HiddenInPlainSight: Justified. The monsters that Nelly meets live in ordinary homes in ordinary suburbia, but they don't have babysitters which is why no one knows that they exist; they're too busy looking after their children.
* MultipleHeadCase: The Rime species each have two heads.
* PolarOppositeTwins: The Morton twins.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Asti, towards monsters.
* ThemeNaming: Many of the monsters have a running theme with their family names. The Water Greeps have names based on water/rainfall.
* ThreeShorts: Each book has three stories in them.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Nelly's tomboy to Asti's girly girl.
* WouldHurtAChild: Asti, not physically but with words. She doesn't hold back on insulting Freeb and claiming she has fleas whenever she was in earshot.
Each book features three stories following Nelly's babysitting experiences, as well as her family life. She lives with her snobbish twin sister Astibil, and her supportive parents. Nelly often bickers with Asti, particularly over Asti's prejudices towards Nelly's clients. It often makes their parents' lives harder.
[[AC:The Books]]
# ''Grerks, Squuirms & Water Greeps''
# ''Cowcumbers, Pippewaks & Altigators''
# ''Huffaluks, Muggots & Thermitts''
# ''Polarbores, Digdiggs & Dendrilegs''
# ''Ultravores, Rimes & Wattwatts''
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!!Tropes
* AerithAnBob: The Water Greeps family have Drip (father), Drop (mother), and the children Plip, Plop ... and Seaview?
* AllThereInTheManual: The first few pages of each book have a map of the estate that Nelly's family lives in. For each book, additional writing (presumably from Nelly) marks out the places that the monsters live.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Asti.
* CoolBigSis: Nelly often becomes this to the monster children she meets.
* DaddysGirl: Nelly, however, Asti isn't the same with their mother.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Asti's friend that comes to Asti and Nelly's birthday. She joined in on Asti's prejudice remarks towards Freeb the Huffaluk, but even ''she'' agreed that Asti deserved [[spoiler:being thrown on the roof.]]
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Nelly's father is referred to throughout the series as "Nelly's dad", but only Nelly's mother calls him by his real name: Clifford.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Asti's foolish to Nelly's responsible. Nelly willingly becomes a babysitter to monsters because she wants to help out the minorities; Asti is less of a foolish sibling and more of a lazy one, who cares more about keeping up appearances instead of important things like schoolwork.
* GentleGiant: Teet and Bello. Their daughter Petal is as tall as Nelly.
* HappilyMarried: Many of the monster parents that Nelly meets, as well as hers.
* HiddenInPlainSight: Justified. The monsters that Nelly meets live in ordinary homes in ordinary suburbia, but they don't have babysitters which is why no one knows that they exist; they're too busy looking after their children.
* MultipleHeadCase: The Rime species each have two heads.
* PolarOppositeTwins: The Morton twins.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Asti, towards monsters.
* ThemeNaming: Many of the monsters have a running theme with their family names. The Water Greeps have names based on water/rainfall.
* ThreeShorts: Each book has three stories in them.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Nelly's tomboy to Asti's girly girl.
* WouldHurtAChild: Asti, not physically but with words. She doesn't hold back on insulting Freeb and claiming she has fleas whenever she was in earshot.
