Baby-Sitters on Board! (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #1)

Baby-Sitters on Board! (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #1)

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The baby-sitters have a million adventures during their fabulous summer vacation which includes several days in Disneyland.
Paperback, 240 pages
Published May 1st 1990 by Scholastic (first published July 1st 1988)
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Swankivy
I didn't much care for the Super-Specials when I was a kid because they kinda confused me with the shifting points of view. I also usually had a problem with the sort of contrived individual plots in which it seemed like the author was trying to give each narrator an individual conflict and silly resolution.

In this book the Pike family goes on vacation. Whenever the Pike family does anything, you know it's going to be full of hijinks, because there are eight children and some of them are pretty...more
Laura Hughes
Kristy’s entire extended family, the Pikes, and all of the Baby-sitters go on a cruise around the Bahamas and a three-day trip to Disney World together. I don’t want to think about how much that cost.
The format of the Super Specials is that each club member, plus several secondary characters such as the baby-sat, get to narrate a handful of chapters spread throughout the book, so that multiple plotlines and viewpoints can be explored. In general, this narrative experimentation produces disappoin...more
Ciara
this is the first of the super specials. i remember being so psyched about this book's release when i was a kid. it was extra thick & had chapters from the points of view of every club member, plus byron, mallory, & karen. the premise: mr. pike won a contest at work, & the prize was an all-expenses paid cruise for his entire family, plus three days at disney world. i bet whoever came up with the bright idea for the contest was kicking himself when mr. pike, father of eight, won. with...more
Robin
This book was way more boring than I remember it being, except for some intense lesbian subtext.

The BSC goes on a cruise with the Pikes and the Brewer-Thomases. Dawn gets dragged around by an overly pushy dude, and nobody finds anything wrong with it. Claudia has a stalker, and it's So Romantic (ugh). Kristy spends the whole cruise hanging around an old man, which makes me wonder where her parents were throughout this trip.

But the subtext, man. I admit that I was a naive kid. I didn't know whe...more
sj


I wanted to read this SO BADLY when it came out, but my library never got a copy, and I couldn't justify paying extra for it out of my allowance when I could have bought two other BSC novels for the same price.

So, this was the first time I've read this, even though I'd read other Super Specials when I was young.

I was a little creeped out by Claudia's secret admirer, and by the fact that 10 year old boys were allowed to just run around without supervision on an unfamiliar Caribbean island. Serio...more
Maggie
This book is why I must go to Walt Disney World, take a cruise to Nassau, and fall in love with a mystery admirer/former child actor all while taking care of someone else's children. And you best believe I will be charging manicures to my room, or "cabin", Karen Brewer-styles!

Aaaand I can't believe I remember all that off the top of my head. Kathleen Kelly was right -- when you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does! (I a...more
Jessica
How can I give this childhood treasure anything less than 5 stars? I'm amazed at how many lines I remember word for word...I must have read this book close to 20 times when I was a kid to remember it so perfectly.

It's funny how things I loved as a kid are so awkward when I read them as an adult. Like Claudia's secret admirer! I thought that was so cool when I was young, but now it's pretty weird. Just talk to her, dude! The constant gifts and notes are really creepy!

Man, I loved these books so...more
Caro
Hahahah, okay this is obviously getting 4 stars for purely nostalgic reasons. This had to be the first book in my childhood that made me obsessed with the idea of cruises and vacationing with friends. Karen's little manicure that she charged to her father's account was like the highlight of my elementary school life back in the day! But even then, I remember finding Claudia's little stowaway stalker more creepy than adorable, but I guess they were all kids back then and it was all harmless. Haaa...more
Alison
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piraterie
Oh, nostalgia!

I used to obsessively read this book when I was the proper age for it. It was probably my second favorite book in the series, after the Super Special where they go to California. I always liked the Super Specials better than the regular books since they didn't focus as much on babysitting; when I was eleven, I wasn't fond of babysitting or children, but I did like wacky adventures, and the Super Specials had plenty of those.

Characters that annoyed me to no end in this book: Kristy,...more
Abigail
May 21, 2012 Abigail added it
Shelves: 1996-ssr
My dad retired last year and in looking through his files he found my Silent Sustained Reading Record from when I was in his class.
I thought it was interesting to see what I was reading back when I was 13!

No rating on this, because I don't remember it. I used to be really into the Baby-Sitters Club books and then I suddenly wasn't and moved on to other series and genres.
Alex
Heck yes, I re-read this over the weekend for probably the hundredth time. I've been looking for this book for quite a few years now so I could read it again, and finally found it at Half Price Books for 50 cents!!!

They go to Disney World in this one, so it was quite timely for me to read right now. =)
Sarah
I adored this book when I was twelve or thirteen. In fact, it--and the rest of the series--motivated me to start my own one-woman babysitters club business that provided me with a nice chunk of change to take to college with me several years later.
Candice
I decided to step back into my childhood and re-read the first Babysitters Club book I ever read. Still so cute, even after 15 years. This particular book was my favorite of the series and probably will maintain that distinction.
Natasha
Easily my favourite book as a child. I read this book over and over until it fell apart, and now I am trying to hunt down this series for my daughter.
Amanda Kay
I think this was the first BSC book I read. Someone let me borrow it. I remember I thought it was ok... but these book have to be so dated now!
Maria M. Elmvang
I would LOVE to go on a cruise like this one. It's been my dream since before I read this book for the first time, and still is. One of these days...
Kristn
I felt guilty in Sunday School because I didn't pay attention to the lesson. I was too excited about going home to read this book.
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Rylee
This a great super special book and it is really exiting. I wish I could go to Disney land!
Carlie Harris
This was my favorite babysitters club book in the series. Need to find it, so I can re-read it! :)
Jessica
A cruise around the Bahamas then a 3 day pass to Disney World?
You had to read it to believe it!
Rachael Morris
I read this book so many times when I was a kid that I could probably recite it !
Diane
I thought this adventure was so cool! I have never gone on a trip with friends!!!
Graykrickette
I liked this book, because it was extra long. I felt like I was on vacation with the BSC!
Jen
These books were my favorites in elementary school & early middle school. It was fun to revisit it as an adult.
Aviv
I used to love these specials because they were twice as long!
Julia
This was like my favourite book when I was in first grade
Jennifer
These special releases were really super! :D
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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.

Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood me...more
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