These books are still available to purchase, including in ebook format, and they’ve taken on their new looks in paperback. Some of the titles in the Super Specials included the time that Stoneybrook was hit by a massive snowstorm and everyone was trapped in their homes, the time when the sitters went with Mallory’s family to Sea Side for vacation, and when all of the babysitters went on an RV trip across the country. The books were typically set on a longer adventure, so there was more time and space dedicated to preserving the memories of whatever said adventure was.
#The babysitter club books series
The Super Specials were longer books than the OG series titles, and rather than being told from a single viewpoint, they shifted. This means they go on about a million jobs - and adventures - over the course of a year that never ends. They’re in eighth grade forever, so even though club members would have been well into their 20s by the time the series wraps up, they never actually age. One of the things that fans love about this series is that the sitters never age. Let’s take a peek at some of the spin-off series, the additional series, the comics, and the one-off titles that you may or may not know.īaby-Sitters Club Series Books The Super Specials - 15 Titles Between 19 There are more books than those, though, as well as a number of iterations from those first novels. Martin wrote the first 35 original books, and afterward, many were ghostwritten you can often figure out who the ghostwriter is by the dedication page. The series launched in 1986 and ran through 1999. Whether you’re a fan or BSC-curious or you’ve got young readers in your life who are passionate about the books (or their rad modern comic adaptations), you likely know the original series has 131 entries, alternating perspectives among the various Club members. The anthology is super thought-provoking and worth picking up if you have any interest in the books at all, and it made for a great refresher before the new season of the adaptation. There are people like me who loved the books and appreciate them both for their staying power and for the nostalgia they bring up, and then there are people who are deeply invested in the fandom, seeking out opportunities to connect with other fans, to create fan fiction or art work, and to dig into theories and ideas about who these characters would turn out to be (if they ever leave 8th grade!). I love looking at this series as a fan, but also as someone who doesn’t consider themselves as part of the fandom - this distinction didn’t quite click for me until I read We Are The Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers edited by Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks. This includes a couple of in-depth, longform pieces about the series and why it endures. I’ve written quite a bit about The Baby-Sitters Club. The first season did such a tremendous service to the books and added so much to make the stories more contemporary, without ever once losing the spirit of what made the books special.
I’m so glad that this series got a second season, and I’m eager to see how the new sitters are introduced. Happy season two day of The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix.
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