Tween Club - Baby-Sitters Club
Raise your hand if you’re watching the new Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix? Are you enjoying it? Who’s your favourite character? If you just started watching or haven’t seen it at all, the story follows a group of middle school friends who start a babysitting business in their fictional hometown of Stoneybrook, Connecticut.
The founding members include outspoken Kristy Thomas, introverted Mary Anne Spier, artsy Claudia Kishi, stylish Stacey McGill and socially conscious Dawn Schafer. The girls are all role models and share a common bond: despite differences in personality, class and ethnicity, they all support one another and care about children. Overall, this is a fun and inclusive show that covers timely subjects like social justice and advocacy with heartwarming themes of friendship and family.
But…
Did you know, before The Baby-Sitters Club was a popular television show, it was a book series? You have to go waaaay back to the late-1980s / early-1990s to find the original book series, created by Ann M. Martin. Kristy’s Great Idea, the first in the series was published over 30 years ago! Although the Netflix show is a contemporary reboot, you still find some of the trends prevalent in the books pop up on the show - like Claudia’s landline telephone.
The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels are also available in our print collection, ready to request and borrow:
More Baby-Sitters Club fun…
- Baby-Sitters Club Quiz
- What type of Baby-Sitters Club member are you?
- Which Baby-Sitters Club character are you?
