4. (November 1991) - Dawn receives threatening notes and phone calls as she's babysitting, while competing for Sitter of the Month. 9. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. I think fans can fill in for the rest of the characters! Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey are very different characters, which is in part why the series was and is still so popular. When Stacey returned in Stoneybrook she moved into the house behind Mallory Pike's so whenever she came outside, her backyard would face Mallory's house. 2. Ive also heard from a lot of the original fans who grew up to become teachers, librarians, editors, journalists, entrepreneurs, etc. Stoneybrook is a fictional suburban town in the state of Connecticut. Browse titles with similar subject matter. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. I really like the author { Raina Telgmeier} I have all of her babysitter club books and, her real life books too { Guts, Smile, and, Sisters}. Theres been a lot of speculation in the blogosphere about where Claudia, Kristy, Mary Ann, and Stacey would be now, in 2010, had they grown up. He first appeared in Logan Likes Mary Anne! I can see Kristy running a business--I can also see her being in politics. Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2022, Great birthday present for my eight year old granddaughter, Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2022. 11. Dawn is a vegetarian, addicted to healthy food (she can't stand sugary snacks), likes ghost stories, and is also into environmentalism. A native New Yorker, Stacey moved to Stoneybrook in the seventh grade when she got type 1 diabetes. Mary Anne, along with the members of The Baby-Sitters Club, decide to find out who the culprit is. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_The_Baby-Sitters_Club_novels&oldid=1133009261, This page was last edited on 11 January 2023, at 21:00. Abby is described as wild, funny, and athletic. If you chose to provide an email address, it will only be used to contact you about your comment. She and her best friend, Kristy, initially looked similar (but had very different personalities) until Mary Anne cut her hair and began wearing a little makeup in Mary Anne's Makeover. It was initially planned as a four-book series, but after the first four novels were moderately successful, Scholastic ordered two more, followed by twelve more as the series grew in popularity. Picture 1 of 12. Yes, I did a lot of baby-sitting when I was twelve. They are considered to be the best-dressed students in Stoneybrook Middle School (Stacey is the more sophisticated dresser, while Claudia is more creative and original). If so, were they any funny or awful stories you'd like to share? Before there was the Baby-Sitters Club, there were, Kristy thinks the Baby-sitters Club is a great ide, Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne and Stacey have had som, The truth about Stacey is that she has diabetes. The parents' guide to what's in this book. Stacey and the Fashion Victim (April 1997) - Accidents and threatening notes plague Bellair's Fashion Week and Stacey must figure out who is behind it. Sure, they have fights, but they're loyal and they support one another. How Netflix's Baby-Sitters Club Is Different From The Books - ScreenRant Reminds me of my childhood , reading it to my neice. Logan lives with his parents, younger sister Kerry, and younger brother Hunter. [20] However, in The Baby-Sitters Club Friends Forever: Mary Anne's Big Breakup, they break up for good. 5. Baby-sitters' Haunted House (June 1995) - Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Dawn take a trip to Maine to babysit, but wind up with a ghost instead. Claudia and the Recipe for Danger (August 1995) - Claudia and Mary Anne enter a baking contest, but someone doesn't want them to win. $39.90 + $9.25 shipping. Graphic Novel: The babysitters put on a CD for Jamie's Big Brother Party. I love this book! Every reader can relate to at least one of the characters. Mallory feels that her parents treat her like a baby, and although she was allowed to get her ears pierced in Mallory and the Trouble with Twins, she still feels self-conscious about her glasses and braces. The hit series, The Baby-Sitter's Club, is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! It made her day and now she is loving the same books I read at her age. Are The Baby-Sitters Club members being stalked? Q: Despite the fun the girls have together in "The Summer Before," they're all dealing with pretty tough problemsmoving away, an absentee father, a first crush. She always has snacks, junk food, and candy hidden around her room for the meetings. This resulted in Mallory transferring to a boarding school, where she stayed until the end of the series. They hope things will change when Kristy, Stacey, Claudia, and Abby go with Kristy's family on vacation at Shadow Lake, but the accidents get scarier. The Baby-Sitters Club #4: Mary Anne Saves the Day. Big hit with my granddaughter. She felt sorry for David Michael, as well as her mother. [40] It included nine tracks written specifically for the series and the theme song to the original 1990 TV series.[36]. 5.0. He is also Mary Anne's boyfriend, although they temporarily split up,[19] but eventually got back together. Also available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indiebound, Target, and Walmart. Common Sense Media. 1. Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph (August 1994) - Claudia unknowingly takes pictures of a bank robbery in progress that end up being the only clues to catch the crooks. It was canceled on March 11 2022. Abby still misses him and does not like to talk about him[citation needed]. Netflix's new TV adaptation of The Baby-Sitters Club has a few major differences from Ann M. Martin's novel series of the same name. [1] Martin wrote the first 35 novels in the series, but the subsequent novels were written by ghostwriters, such as Peter Lerangis. Dawn and the Surfer Ghost (December 1993) - Strange things are happening when Dawn sees a ghost off the California coast. The same applied to Stacey. [1] Martin wrote estimated to be about 60-80 novels in the series, but the subsequent novels were written by ghostwriters, such as Peter Lerangis. 12. 14. She joins Stoneybrook Middle School in the middle of the seventh grade when the club members were having a fight. This book was written shortly after my own grandmother died. It was fun to explore their lives in the prequel, "The Summer Before," and to figure out what led the girls to form The Baby-sitters Club, something that would eventually change their lives. She coaches a softball team for small children called Kristy's Krushers, which includes many of the club's sitting charges. Ann lives in upstate New York. Shannon is an overachiever who is involved in many extracurricular activities, and is the only member who doesn't attend Stoneybrook Middle School; she instead goes to Stoneybrook Day School, which is a private school. Which of your friends would you think about starting a business with, and why? , Paperback Always check with your parents before giving out information about yourself, entering a contest or sweepstakes, or buying anything online. (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #8), Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #7), Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #5), Karen's Kittycat Club: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix Series #4), Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #1), Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #2), The Truth about Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Series #3), Mary Anne Saves the Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #4), Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #5), Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #6), Claudia and Mean Janine (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #7), Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #8), The Ghost at Dawn's House (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #9), Logan Likes Mary Anne! Stacey has Type 1 diabetes and has been hospitalized several times as a result; in Kristy's Great Idea, she tried to hide this from the others since her classmates in New York teased her because of it, but she eventually told them. You can help us help kids by It was fun to explore their lives in the prequel, "The Summer Before," and to figure out what led the girls to form The Baby-sitters Club, something that would eventually change their lives. Will the kidnapper steal David or will he get caught? Q: More than 200 BSC books were published in the eighties and nineties. BE WARE. Her hobbies include sewing, knitting, watching classic movies, and reading. Track 10 is written by Glen Roven. 5 Valuable Life Lessons to Learn From The Baby-Sitters Club Books Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 176 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Kristy's mom got remarried and their family moved to the ritzy neighborhood across town. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! 5. After the death of Kristy's beloved collie, Louie, Shannon gave Kristy one of Astrid's (a Bernese Mountain Dog) puppies, which David Michael named after Shannon. The First 10 Baby-Sitters Club books in order: Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix Series, Kristy's Great Idea (Full Color Edition) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #1), Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #12), Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #13), Claudia and the New Girl: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #9), Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #11), Mary Anne Saves the Day (Full Color Edition) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #3), Claudia and Mean Janine (Full-Color Edition) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #4), The Truth about Stacey (Full Color Edition) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #2), Kristy and the Snobs: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #10), The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #1-7: A Graphix Collection: Full-Color Edition, Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series #6), Logan Likes Mary Anne! Mary Anne and the Library Mystery (February 1994) - Mary Anne gets a job helping with the children's readathon at Stoneybrook Library; however, someone is setting books on fire. Starring the Baby-sitters Club! This box set includes all of the original 18 Baby-sitters club books. 31. Great! [6] The novels generally follow this format: Kristy is known for her great ideas as well as her bossiness and big mouth that can occasionally get her in trouble. Whether you're a loyal fan or discovering the series for the first time, join the club and solve each mystery with your favorite babysitter characters! The novels are told in first-person narrative and deal with issues such as illness, moving, and divorce. She hates it when she isn't in charge, and the idea for "The Baby-Sitters Club" came to Kristy when her mother was having trouble finding a babysitter for her younger brother, David Michael. The Baby-Sitters Little Sister novels were a series of novels for younger readers. The series became quite the hit (gigundoly successful, you might say), and the original books have been repackaged in various ways over the past three decades. The kids run a business--in this case, a baby-sitting business. Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. The Kids in Ms. Colman's Class series was a spin-off of the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series and covered Karen Brewer's second grade classmates at Stoneybrook Academy, and their adventures in Ms. Colman's classroom. VIEW FULL PRODUCT DETAIL. . 27. The idea was that each book would focus on one of the four original charactersKristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Staceyand have . Jessi learns American Sign Language in Jessi's Secret Language when she babysits for Haley and Matt Braddock because Matt is a deaf child. The Truth About Stacey: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #2): Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) Part of: The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix | by Raina Telgemeier and Ann M. Martin | Jul 28, 2015 This was followed by Karen's Roller Skates which was released on July 7, 2020, Karen's Worst Day which was released on December 29, 2020. I love how timeless this story is and the issues that Martin addresses are as relevant to young girls today as they were all those years ago! The Baby-sitters Club was intended to be a four-book miniseries. Private schools include Stoneybrook Academy (which Karen Brewer and several other charges attended) and Stoneybrook Day School, which is where associate member Shannon Kilbourne attends. Set to debut in 1986 and end in 1987 and to consist of only four titles, the pioneering series led to approximately 250 titles, four additional related spin-offs, and spawned a feature film and more recently a critically-acclaimed original Netflix series. The franchise spans over 300 books in ten different series and has been adapted into graphic novels, two television series, and a movie.