The Babysitters Club Collection #3

by Ann M. Martin

This is a collection of three Babysitters Club stories. Claudia gets to grips with a mean sister, Stacey falls in love and Dawn tracks down a ghost.

Genres: Childrens, Young Adult, Fiction, Realistic Fiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published April 19, 1996

About the author

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 memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.

Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.

Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.

After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/annmma...

Reviews

[Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile · Rating 5 out of 5]

While I actually started reading around age 3 (thank you, my Granny's Dick and Jane books!), this series is what I remember most about loving to read during my childhood. My sister and I drank these books up like they were oxygen. I truly think we owned just about every single one from every one of the series. We even got the privilege of meeting Ann M. Martin at a book signing, but of course little starstruck me froze and could not speak a word to my biggest hero at that time. Once in awhile if I come across these at a yard sale, I will pick them up for a couple hour trip down memory lane, and I declare nearly nothing centers and relaxes me more!

[Melissa7801]

I grew up reading The Babysitters club,... And I still enjoy reading them now in my adult years,....Its just a cute series about 7 friends who become good Babysitters, but also have their fights, and family things......

[Scheherazade · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the BSC books when I was younger and have recently been nostalgic for them. I was able to feed the addiction quite cheaply through trips to the library but they are becoming harder and harder to find! Right now, the best bets are Amazon, Ebay and a little bit of luck! :)

[Ashley Heredia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin is a really good comic book , I recommend this to people that love and like comic. The book is about this girls that start a Baby-Sitters Club they each had fun with it but one day they all got into a fight which made everybody mad. But then something worst happens when she finds herself in a babysitting emergency and can't turn to her friends.

[Nicole Hinsch · Rating 4 out of 5]

total classic!
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[Kate H · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read The Babysitters Club books for the first time many years ago but recently I have been listening to The Babysitters Club Club podcast so I decided to re-read these books along with the podcast episodes. These books may not be the best written books out there but they do have their own appeal in the messages they offer and the friendships and relationships they are written about. This is a good to great chapter book series that for the most part stands up to the test of time.

[Lupe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the message this book brought forward. The friends come together to help out Stacy with her struggles with her diabetes. This book does not have illustrations but it is not difficult to read.

[Grace Dunphey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved the BSC! So amazing

[Natalia Mellia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grew up reading The Babysitters Club books. & I loved them! Wanted to own them all. & did! LOL Sucha classic series!

[Mya · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was very good.

[Arwen Smet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was 8

[Elise Olson · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is good. it has drama.

[Chantelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know anyone of my age group who didn't read at least one of these books. I'm sure I've read them all. They were great for me as a young reader and when I have a daughter of my own, you best believe she'll be reading them too.

[Natalya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm going to include this review as all-encompassing. I wonder how many BSC books she's written at this point?

[Michelle Shamburger · Rating 5 out of 5]

i would like to say that these books were a highlight of my childhood. they are fun reads for the pre-teen age. i have read probably all of these books.

[»Elisha« · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite books as a young girl!

[Jersc · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this series as a kid!

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are just the absolute MUST read for pre-teen girls. I think I read every single one of them when I was young and have since passed them onto my daughter.

[Shelby :p]

i almost read this entire series of books in order, but i wasnt able to get all of them, they are still awesome though

[Mike]

idk

[Carolyn]

read all of this series, and loved it as a young adult.

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant for pre-teens. I loved the whole series when i was young.

[Andrea Wall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved these when I was eleven, but I only read a few, because after that I got bored with them. Made want to be a babysitter. ;)

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helped me learn in my preteen years the importance of earning your own money.

[KJ Shadows · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read these when I was a child, and I loved them. Funny how they make being a babysitter cool. Gotta love the 90's.

[Gracie]

I've read pretty much all of the babysitters club. They are REALLY good books:)

[Morgansandidge · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book of babysitters club was a good version of the boook personally i think i liked it

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't like this book. I use to like the series but I have grown up now.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always loved the Babysitters Club as a child, so I decided to revisit them. All the memories of my own childhood came back to me. Still a favourite.

[Miriam · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh my i remember these books!