Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)

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Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club #1)

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Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-Sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth.

Paperback, 176 pages

Published September 1st 1995 by Scholastic (first published August 1986)

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May 09, 2013 karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kiddiwinx

okay, so i have never babysat a day in my life. is it surprising that no one would entrust their little precious dumplings to my care??

however - i loved these books. and lately, i have found my mind drifting back to this series, and i kind of want to read them again, is that bad?? they were such a huge part of my early reading life - i read them ever so many times, and took my favorite ones on vacation with me year after year when my mom told me i could bring a friend.(is that super sad?) i stil...more

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Dec 13, 2007 Ariel rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Lovers of Life

I am firmly convinced that, years hence, when Ann M Martin no longer graces the mortal coil with her presence, scholars will reflect upon the deceptively simple narrative lines of the Baby-Sitter's Club #1 and will discover the singing truths of human experience encoded in the mundane details of affluent suburban youth.

Like so many heroines before, Kristy attempts to reconcile her desire for autonomy with the crippling social restrictions on young females with her suburban Connecticut neighborh...more

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Jan 08, 2008 amandarocks rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am using the first Baby-Sitter's Club to represent the approximately, I don't know, 100 plus BSC novels I not only read, but owned, in my late elementary / early middle school years. I was in love with these novels and even belonged to the BSC Book Club, where two novels (in sequential order) were mailed to me every month (or bimonthly, I don't really remember). I was gifted the BSC board game, which was terrible, but amusing. My sisters and I even used these novels as "textbooks" when we play...more

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Nov 13, 2007 Jessica added it Recommends it for: maybe little girls who hate to read, if you're really desperate

Shelves: wee-ones-and-bored-teenagers

I can't rate these books, because giving a bad rating would be a lie -- I was crazy about them when I read them -- but giving them a good rating would be misleading because it would lead you to believe that they were good, and they're not. I mean, in a way they must be or they wouldn't have been so popular, but they're definitely Lame, especially when you consider how much incredible children't fiction there is out there.

The closest thing to these books for me is the Doors, one of the other few...more

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Nov 14, 2007 Lauren R. rated it 3 of 5 stars

I don't feel like taking the time to add the whole series. But C'mon, you know you read them...all 549085290 of them AND the spin-offs. Looking back, they were terribly written and not realistic at all...But that didn't stop us from dressing like Claudia or trying to start our own BSC.

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Jun 01, 2008 Tina Bryan is currently reading it

this book is great book, I wished there was movie out to watch it Tina Bryan in ca

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Jul 19, 2011 Chris Batchelor rated it 4 of 5 stars

Have you ever read any of the other Babysitter's Club books and wondered how the Babysitter's Club was formed and started? Well, this book is for you. It introduced you to the traits behind the characters Claudia, Kristy, Stacey and Mary-Anne, as well as answering the above mentioned major topic.

At first, I was a little skeptical/reluctant to read this book, and when my parents told me that this book was meant for "girls only", and I, at the time,(being a 21-year-old guy), I sure told them off....more

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Jun 18, 2008 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: baby-sitter-s-club

Looking back I'm a bit ashamed to admit I enjoyed this series so much. By no means are the books well written; the characters are flat, the plots predictable. Everything is dressed in a neat and tidy bundle, all works out in under 150 pages. You can almost hear the sappy music as the book draws to a close. Even as a preteen I recognized this was not great literature, especially as the series rapidly expanded, Ann Martin and what must have been a slew of ghost writers turning out books at an alar...more

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Jul 31, 2011 Dee rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Grades 2-5

Recommended to Dee by: Mrs. Brand, the librarian

Shelves: re-reads, 2011

This book is one of my favourites from my childhood. I loved the series so much I'd seek them out every time we went to the library! Now that my daughter and I have read it together I've discovered that it does live up to the memory! I can't wait to get into the next in the series!

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Sep 01, 2012 Anisia added it

Once Upon A Time Three Men Were Called Mo,Avatar And Sheldon And They Were At A Place That Nobody Could Find And The Place Was Called Limbo Island So They Were All Like Limbos There And They Were Sad Because They Could No Find No Where Else So They Made A Plane To Fly And Look So They Went To Cuba There Family Were At America And They Did Not Find Them So There Was A Girl Called Allore And She Knew Where To Go So She Helped Them And They Were So Happy

THE END

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Sep 13, 2011 Amy Flink added it · review of another edition

I read this in 6th grade, it wasn't the first BSC book or by fave; but I just read it to get more of a foundational feel of the series. Parts were a little dull and I thought Kristy was a big mouth biotch especially to her big hearted future step father. She should have been slapped!

Ann M. Martin is really ingenious!! I grew up with the BSC, I read them in 5th thru 7th grade and this was the late 80's. The first 10 books in the series are the best. I have learned soo much about myself and other...more I read this in 6th grade, it wasn't the first BSC book or by fave; but I just read it to get more of a foundational feel of the series. Parts were a little dull and I thought Kristy was a big mouth biotch especially to her big hearted future step father. She should have been slapped!

Ann M. Martin is really ingenious!! I grew up with the BSC, I read them in 5th thru 7th grade and this was the late 80's. The first 10 books in the series are the best. I have learned soo much about myself and other things by reading her books. One of the many things I learned was to keep a journal. Also, her description of the neighborhoods in Stoneybrook where the Baby sitters live reminds me of my hometown where I lived from birth to 11 years, Lynnwood, Washington (a suburb north of Seattle). Whenever I'd read about the club meetings, I'd think of it being at my old house in Lynnwood!!

Anyways I remember when I bought this book at Walden Books or maybe it was B. Dalton, I also bought the little How to Start Your Own Baby Sitters Club booklet. It had neat tips and recipes in it but really, sit around all summer waiting for phonecalls? Actually I don't think it said that but the BSC make it sound so dang easy. Just print out fliers and stick them in people's mailboxes. Well okay, so I printed out fliers and stuck them in mailboxes all over my rural neighborhood, and one of them returned to me in my mail box with a "nasty" note crawled on it from my mail carrier telling me that I couldn't just stick them in mailboxes--postage must be paid on anything you put in mailboxes, otherwise what you are doing is illegal!! I wound up using my own allowance to put stamps on fliers and mail them off!! I did not get a booming business like the BSC and I didn't make enough to buy a stunning wardrobe like Claud and Stacey (my parents supplied the wardrobe though).
However, not so in BSC world, where everything is just dandy!! You won't end up in your local pokey for touching other people's mailboxes, either. Their local policeman is probably Officer Friendly who doesn't even carry a gun. Heck, it's the next Mayberry, USA!

Those BSC kids are spoiled. Kristy's mom put an ad in the paper advertising their club. Do you know what that costs? Not cheap. Kristy is a spoiled brat.(less)

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Apr 22, 2013 Swankivy rated it 3 of 5 stars

This first book in the huge Baby-Sitters' Club series introduces us to the core club members: Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey. I liked the book partly because everyone in the club was different from each other and cared about each other anyway, even though they had different values, experiences, and interests. They were actually so different from each other that even as a kid I wondered why they were friends, though it was clear which individual members were closer to each other and I tho...more This first book in the huge Baby-Sitters' Club series introduces us to the core club members: Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey. I liked the book partly because everyone in the club was different from each other and cared about each other anyway, even though they had different values, experiences, and interests. They were actually so different from each other that even as a kid I wondered why they were friends, though it was clear which individual members were closer to each other and I thought that was well done. As I'm reviewing it as an adult, I of course understand that the characters were basically tokens (well, to some degree), and that their existence and their problems were contrived in order to let the author cover some specific issue. That said, I enjoyed being able to relate to something about each girl, and liked that the babysitters were making something of themselves.

I babysat sometimes when I was twelve or so and really hated it--primarily because I loved children but did not love being in charge of them. I just wanted to be their friends and playmates, not their bosses, and I didn't like feeling like an adult, I guess. I kinda enjoyed seeing the babysitters in the story struggle a little like I did with figuring out how much authority they really had. I wasn't too sure about the premise, though; I didn't quite understand why they needed to have meetings at specific times in order to receive phone calls. It'd be like setting up a website for a service but claiming you can only receive applicable e-mails during certain hours of the day. Anyway.

This first book was through the eyes of the club president, Kristy. I liked that she wasn't a girly-girl, and while she was kinda-sorta a caricature, she had normal teenage girl feelings--primarily resentment toward a new family arrangement that would be forcing her to accept a new stepfather, and she's not at all sure how she feels about that. The feelings she expressed were not particularly developed, but I think most readers could fill in the blanks. In this book, the "hijinks-ensue factor" was kind of high with the silliness in Kristy's babysitting excursion, but I guess "uh, I babysat and it was cool and then I came home" wouldn't be much of a story. This book, like all the others in the series, was clearly "written," not lived, but in some cases I can excuse a book for not feeling real.

I tended to like books that featured groups of girls with various personalities and different backgrounds, so I guess that's part of why I kept up with this series for so long when I was a middle-schooler. I also liked that the characters had to deal with difficult issues despite being young . . . that the author didn't really pussyfoot around her readers. We're introduced to not only the divorce/remarriage issue, but the fact that some people's parents die, the fact that some people have lifelong health disorders, the fact that some people can't get out of their siblings' shadows, and the fact that people lie. (less)

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Apr 19, 2013 Chelsea N. Smith added it

Shelves: graphic-novel

This first novel in Ann M. Martin's legacy of BSC books, explains where it all began. We are introduced to Kristy, who is the brains and boss of the operation. We learn that her mother has a serious problem, she can't find a babysitter for Kristy's little brother. "In a flash," as she states in the book, Kristy has a brilliant idea that will not only solve her mother's problem, but help out all the mom's in her neighborhood. She gets three of her friends together and they form the babysitter's c...more

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Mar 07, 2013 Katelan Mccullum rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: popular-series

I can remember reading several of these series books. I was such a big fan of the Baby-Sitters Club. Ann M. Martin has created a series for young girls, mainly 2-3rd grade to enjoy. "Kristy's Great Idea is the first book in the series. The book introduces us to four friends: Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne and Stacey. These teenage girls are living in Stoneybrook and attend Stoneybrook Middle School. Kristy gets the grand idea of starting the Baby-Sitters Club in order for her and her friends to make...more

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Oct 20, 2012 Liviu Ivan rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Oct 03, 2012 Liz Hammet rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: popular-series

As a child, I really enjoyed the Babysitter's Club book series. The first novel made in the series, Kristy's Great Idea, is a great book that allows for an active plot along with illustrations that allow the reader to get a picture of what is going on. The book is about four young girls who live in Stoneybrook, and go to Stoneybrook Middle School. Kristy's "great idea" involves the beginning to a new club, "The Babysitter's Club." All of the girls are excited about babysitting and have high hope...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Kristy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel

The Babysitters Club series were my favorite books growing up along with the movie so I was glad to see this as a choice on our book list. Kristy Thomas is the founder of the Babysitters Club and enlists in the help of her friends; Mary-Anne, Claudia, and Stacey to help her. The idea came about when Kristy's mom could not find a babysitter for her younger brother so Kristy decides she and her friends will babysit. In order to get the club going, the girls created fliers and people were able to c...more

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Feb 09, 2012 Samantha Sheeran rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel

Kristy's Great Idea, by Ann M. Martin is the first book in The Babysitters Club series. Kristy and her best friend Mary-Anne enjoy babysitting and when Kristy's mom has tourble finding a sitter for her younger brother David Michael, Kristy comes up with an idea. She suggests to Mary-Anne that they should start a babysitters club with their other friend, Claudia. Claudia agrees and suggests they get a fourth member, Stacey McGill. The girls form the club, and select officers.

The Baby Sitters Clu...more Kristy's Great Idea, by Ann M. Martin is the first book in The Babysitters Club series. Kristy and her best friend Mary-Anne enjoy babysitting and when Kristy's mom has tourble finding a sitter for her younger brother David Michael, Kristy comes up with an idea. She suggests to Mary-Anne that they should start a babysitters club with their other friend, Claudia. Claudia agrees and suggests they get a fourth member, Stacey McGill. The girls form the club, and select officers.

The Baby Sitters Club series used to be my FAVORITE series in elementary school. Now that I am 22 years old and have read the first book in the series again, I have definitely picked up on a lot of things that I wasn't able to pick up on at 8 years old. For example, Martin does a great job of demonstarting that four different girls with different personalites and interests can come together for a common cause. Kristy's parents are divorced and she is dealing with her mother's new engagement and soon-to-be step siblings. Mary-Anne's mother died when she was little and her father is overly strict. Claudia has the pressure of measuring up to her genius sister, and Stacey is trying to deal with her disease of diabetes. These are all very realistic problems that young girls can read about and relate to. When I was younger and read this I only picked up on the comical aspects of the book. Although these are good at holding a young reader's attention I think it is awesome how Martin demonstrates diversity and different problems in different families. She shows young readers that not every one of their peers is like them and that every one has their own issues, but that doesn't mean that you can't come together for a common cause and understand each other. She also demonstartes responsibilites for young girls. Showing up on time, caring for younger children, and holding meetings are good examples of having small responsibilities and going through with those responsibilies as young adults. Martin demonstrates each of the girls in different baby-sitting situations. Whether Kristy is baby-stting for dogs, or Mary-Anne is dealing with the wild accusations from kids about their neighbor being a witch; each girl shows maturity in dealing with these situations. The responsibility shift is very important at twelve years old, and Martin demonstrates this perfectly. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading the first book in this series. Martin perfectly demonstrates responsibility, different situations, different personalities, cohesiviness, and comedy in this book. I think Kristy's Great Idea is a great book for young girls to read to gain a better sense of themselves and their peers.(less)

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Oct 09, 2011 Jordan Caton rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kristy's Great Idea was a cute story about four girls coming together and forming a club for babysitting. It is told through mostly Kristy's point of view and what her background is. She goes through many problems girls at this age might deal with. Her divorced mom is about to remarry, she sometimes sees things differently than her friends, and she has some crazy babysitting experiences. In the end, she grows to like her mom's fiance, all of the girls in the club are friends, and she finds out h...more

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Oct 03, 2011 Madison Daub rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I chose this book for my graphic novel because it was a book that I really enjoyed as a young girl. I stared reading the series of books when I was about eight and I think they are great for young girls. Today the books might be a little out dated for some girls since they mostly take place in the late 80's and early 90's but I do think that all girls can relate. All the books including this one have a simple plot and fallow a story line that is easy for young girls to fallow. This book is about...more

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Sep 24, 2010 Mike Lawson rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book made me feel guilty. As a little soon-to-be gay boy in the 1980s, I watched my older sister devour the Baby-Sitters Club series. She just ate them up. And I learned at a young age it wasn’t “appropriate” for young boys to like the same things as their sisters.

“Michael, take off those Madonna gloves!”

When I picked up the first of the super-popular Baby-Sitters Club series, I couldn’t help but feel a bit of guilt. Kristy’s Great Idea is book #1, and about Krsity Thomas’ idea of forming a...more

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Jun 11, 2010 Graykrickette rated it 4 of 5 stars

Good Reads: "Name every book you've ever read, and tell me how you liked it." *presses down stopwatch*

Me: "EVERY book I've ever read? That might take me awhile. I don't even know if I can remember all of them."

Good Reads: "Well that's okay. It just means that you aren't a very serious reader, so we won't pick you to win free books as often."

Me: "Gah, must keep up image of serious reader, must win free books...!!!"
*Finds Babysitter's Club books and clicks on every title that looks even vaguely f...more

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Feb 15, 2010 Jason Pettus rated it 3 of 5 stars

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(I now maintain a blog just for my kid-lit reviews. Find it at http://kidlit4adults.blogspot.com .)

A friend has convinced me to try my hand this year for the first time at writing children's literature; but I don't actually know anything about children's literature, so am starting the process among other ways by first reading a stack of existing books that have been recommended to me. Today's selections are my first foray into the world of "The Baby-Sitters Club," which during the 1990s and '00s...more (I now maintain a blog just for my kid-lit reviews. Find it at http://kidlit4adults.blogspot.com .)

A friend has convinced me to try my hand this year for the first time at writing children's literature; but I don't actually know anything about children's literature, so am starting the process among other ways by first reading a stack of existing books that have been recommended to me. Today's selections are my first foray into the world of "The Baby-Sitters Club," which during the 1990s and '00s became one of the most successful kid-lit series of all time; between the original tales and the various spinoffs, there are now nearly 500 volumes set in Ann M. Martin's sleepy middle-class suburb of Stoneybrook, Connecticut, with collective sales of at least 250 million copies and a literal empire of supplemental merchandise, feature films and television episodes. (By the way, I've been quietly told by gossipy friends in the industry that dozens of these books were actually ghostwritten by other authors, with Martin simply slapping her name on them at the end for brand consistency, although I have no way of actually verifying that; for those who don't know, this is one of the types of employment I'm seeking within the YA industry, to be the ghost-author of such formula-driven, interchangeable chapter books, which is why I'm reading so many of them these days.)

And as you can expect, the BSC books follow a familiar formula down to a T (or at least the three I read -- #81's Mallory Pike, #1 Fan, #115's Jessi's Big Break, and #131's The Fire at Mary Anne's House), staring with just a massive amount of exposition, not even cleverly handled but literally as if you were reading an encyclopedia entry; in fact, each and every title in the series starts first with an entire chapter of that book's particular hero reading aloud her own Wikipedia entry, then a second chapter of them reciting the entry concerning the club itself (essentially a group of junior-high female friends who gather around a central phone every late afternoon, so that parents can call that "hotline" and have the most appropriate babysitter sent to their house later that night), a total of eight thousand words devoted to nothing but reminding people of all the various things that have happened in the hundreds of books that came before it. Like many chapter-book series, the "crises" that befall club members are usually pretty gentle in nature, and the books mainly exist as a way to teach non-controversial moral lessons to its readers. Each book is roughly 30,000 words total, pretty normal for the 9-to-12 age group they're designed for; but surprisingly, the main characters themselves are mostly aged 12 to 14, just a little older than most of the books' readers, which confused me at first until I thought back to my own childhood, and how I used to love at this age reading books about kids a little older than me, in that I felt like I was sneakily getting away with something.

To her credit, Martin tries to inject as much diversity into this white-bread environment as she can, and also introduces plenty of modern hiccups to the stereotypical nuclear family (the club members' backgrounds are filled with ugly divorces, single parents working full-time jobs, sudden moves into entirely new economic classes, adopted Asian siblings and the like); but to her detriment, these are the exact types of books that edgier YA authors are railing against, sickly-sweet tales where all conflicts are resolved by the last page, and where all the kids ultimately end up dutifully obeying the pronouncements of the all-wise adult authority figures around them. I mean, you can't argue with success, but the BSC books are definitely the ones helping to write the "rules" for chapter books to begin with, which is why they barely ever break the well-known rules we now think of when thinking about this type of literature (you know -- make sentences short and punchy, introduce lots of peril but very little legitimate danger, be sure to repeat important information several times, concentrate on the way that girls this age interact with each other, set many of the scenes in a school environment, try to get the parents out of the way as much as possible, always have a happy ending, etc etc etc). They're neither outstanding nor terrible, which I'm sure is a big reason they've sold 250 million copies by now, and I can see myself easily being able to churn one of these out from beginning to end in just two or three weeks. (less)

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Jan 03, 2010 Ciara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kids-books, read-in-2010

always a classic. i read this one for the first time on my birthday in 1986. that was the year i turned seven. being a precocious reader, i was the target audience for the babysitters club series. i have been reading them ever since...24 years now, i guess. i'm not going to bother finding that at all shameful. it's an accomplishment!

these early books are kind of a yawn, because ann wrote them, & she doesn't have the same flair for drama & middle school catfights as some of the later ghos...more

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Nov 12, 2009 Casey Brock rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paperback-series

Reading level: 4th-6th grade

The illustrations on the front cover give a nice and warm feeling about the book. Just from looking at it, you can tell that the story is a mostly happy one, about a group of girls. The pictures show that the girls are around the age of the reading level, so it is appealing to the reader. The text in the story appears to be a little smaller than the earlier books and the spacing is getting smaller. The chapters are still rather short; less than 10 pages in length. Fo...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Kirsten Anne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I figure since I turn 25 this year and have to step into the world of being a "proper adult," now is a good a time as any to re-read some of the books from my childhood. And thus, Kirsten and the Great Baby-Sitters Club reread begins (and I totally pulled a Janine just now and contemplated whether or not an apostrophe is needed).

These books are simple. Really simple. They all seem to follow the exact same formula - but if it works, why not? I know some people will say the writing is horrible, bu...more

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Jul 08, 2011 Rhiannon rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2011, ya-realistic-times, completed-series

"The Baby-Sitters Club was a success. I, Kristin Amanda Thomas, had made it work." - Kristy, accepting the 1986 Mahatma Ghandi Award for Most Humble 12-Year Old Ever

Was Claudia described as having almond-shaped eyes:
Surprisingly, no. Although she was described as "exotic."

Was Mimi's accent described as rolling:
Nope

How many times was the word "incredulously" used:
Twice

What Would Claudia Wear:
-Short, very baggy lavender plaid overalls, a white lacy blouse, a black fedora, red high-top sneakers wit...more

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Mar 21, 2012 Evelyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Oh my goodness. This series was one of my favorite thing as a tween, and I had at least 10 of these books on my bedside table. I love the characters and how they develop in ways I never expect them to. I particularly liked the particular book about Claudia babysitting the seven year-old genius; I felt that as a child, it was as close as I was going to get to realistically heartwarming. I still dig these out every now and then and read them just for my own enjoyment.

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Sep 18, 2009 Dray rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: 80s babies who are all now too old to be reading these

Recommended to Dray by: they had colorful covers. that's all it takes

I'm terribly tempted to add all the BSC books to my goodreads for two reasons:
1. I'm at work doing absolutely nothing else.
2. It would make me look all badass with lots of books...until someone happened to notice that half of them are the Babysitter's Club books. My badass badge would then be taken away.

So I'll just add the first one. These books get five stars for the sheer entertainment value of 7-10 year old Andréa. I thought those girls were SO COOL. Stacy and Claudia were totally my favorit...more

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Mar 10, 2012 Megan Sanchez rated it 3 of 5 stars

Do I need to review this? Probably not. It's The Baby-sitter's Club. You read it as an adult for pure nostalgia value.

I was never really a "BSC" type of girl, though I believe my mother signed me up for the monthly book club that was available through Scholastic book fairs. I was definitely more interested in Animorphs and Star Wars Young Jedi Knights, the old Sailor Moon TokyoPop releases and more Animorphs. But I think everyone read these, if only just one, and thought for a minute that I wou...more

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Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.

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Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club #1)

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