Clarice Bean Guess Who's Babysitting?

Only Uncle Ted, firefighter and movie addict, can be persuaded to babysit the feisty Clarice; her pesky brother Minal Cricket; teenage brother Kurt, who abhors daylight; big sister Marcie, who chats on the phone all day; Grandad, who tends to wander off; and the school's guinea pig, Albert. Will he survive the week? Reprint.