The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea

I grew up, loving the babysitters club books, and I’m happy to now have my children read them.

Good quality. Fun read for the kids.

I ordered this for my 9 year old Granddaughter. She loves the Babysitters Club books. And was very happy to receive this one.

I ordered 3 books, and they arrived damaged and dirty as if I had bought used.

Granddaughter enjoyed reading. A great boost to her enjoyment of reading.

I loved the Baby-Sitters Club books as an 8 year old, and I am so glad to see them being published as graphic novels. I purchase two copies of this- one for myself and one for my 11 year old niece. We are starting to get into graphic novels as a way to help her dyslexic brother associate words and pictures. She was really excited to see a graphic novel for girls. I should clarify that these books are not *just* for girls- but they certainly appeal to my niece more than X-Men or traditional comics. Also, I should clarify that this book is not a comic- it is a graphic novel. This means that it is a genuine novel that has been heavily illustrated. Thus, if you consider comics low-brow literature, you may still want to consider a graphic novel. Essentially, the entire original story is here, with a lot of original dialogue. The storyline is the same and the characters are the same.There are a lot of graphic novels that I do not care for, because of the illustrations. This novel was illustrated by the same woman who illustrated "Smile." The pictures and text are very clear.Some people are complaining the story lines are not appropriate for younger elementary. I think when these were published they were aimed at Middle School aged kids- since the kids in the books are all in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. I remember reading the original ones as a 9 year old, and it was my first introduction to a lot of new concepts, like divorce, deafness, and diabetes- but to be fair, these are all things I hear my elementary students at school talk to their friends about. Ann Martin has always been really good about writing about tough themes for kids in a way that makes them non-threatening.I would really recommend this novel to any girl who struggles with reading, or any girl who finds reading boring. It is a series, with #2 already published, and #3 and #4 on the way. If your girl happens to like the graphic novels, you can always try the original, non-illustrated series as well. if you have a girl that REALLY is getting into graphic novels, we also liked the Phoebe and the Unicorn series as well.

Wow, what a great little book. I hadn't seen the black and white comics as I'm only really interested in color comics, but I do own a lot of old baby sitter club books. I was surprised that this is actually a shorter book in height than the standard graphic novel, and fits right in with the rest of my baby sitter club books quite nicely. Although, about twice as thick as those books. I'm an adult, but I read kids books occasionally and I sat down and read it in about an hour tonight. I haven't read the book in about 20 years, but I have to say I liked this even more than the first time. It just looks so great as a graphic novel, and all the parts of the story.. the letters they have in the books, or the drawings of the posters just fit right in in this format. Almost better than they did in the original. It's also interesting that they still broke the comic down into chapters.The only down side is that the beginning of the story lacked some description when Watson is introduced.. it takes a few pages before you realize that Kristy's parents are divorced and she's dating Watson since it isn't exactly explicit at first. But really, that's the only slight negative that I could find.. I really can't imagine this story being as engaging in black and white. It's also hard to tell that this wasn't originally printed in color too.. they did a great job colorizing it. Many of the action lines are changed to white to stand out a bit better. I really hope they give the Goosebump graphix books the same treatment next!

I love this series!Awesome book!1)Great book! The one thing I don't like is that Stacey is ashamed of having diabetes its not like she choose to have it,I feel sorry that Stacey is ashamed2)Blah Blah Blah I don't they say anybody can read these books so don't say boys cant read these books3)WARNING....We're the seventh book nd eighth book is romantic!!!!!!ewww I love them still!!4) For sure girls 9-12 will love this assess seeds5)-last but not least- DONT SHAME THE AUTHORPLEASE!!! She worked very hard on this and I think she deserves credit!She is a good writer and put hard work into this!!!!!

I enjoyed this more graphic version of an older tale. It really brings it forwards in time making it more accessible to a new audience. The same problems, the same trouble with friendships but a very fun look into how divorces are processed differently and the perceptions of younger children. I am looking forward to seeing how this goes

i love this book because you can read it so many times witjout getting bored and same with the rest of the series amazing illustrations raina is such a good cartoonist. byeeeeeee:):):):):):):):) ones again i love this book ok now the review is ending byeeeee

Arrived when stated in excellent condition. My 10yr old daughter read and finished it in the same day and had requested the second one in the series. My 7yr old is now reading it, and I will pass it on to my niece. I loved this series as a girl, and I'm glad they are now enjoying it in this new graphic novel version.

Playing on the famous Babysitter a Club tales, four Stoneybrook teens (Anne Marie, Kristy, Claudia and New York-born Stacey) make a Baby-Sitters Club. Great drawings, great morals and GREAT STORY!!! However, I do feel that there is no particular plot to the book, but this is covered up by illustrations and hilarious scenes, such as Anne Marie’s scene with Kristy’s mom’s fiancé’s kids!

My daughter was not an avid reader until we found this graphic novel series.