Ann M. Martin

When Stacey sits for the two Brooke kids, she can't help noticing that their dad is a very cute single father, and the perfect match for her single mom. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas...

Stacey is caught in a loyalty tug-of-war between old friends and new. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, and the Main Street and Family Tree series, as well as the much-loved collaborations...

Eleven-year-old Jessi copes with pet sitting for the Mancusi family and serious dissension among the members of the Baby-sitters Club.

Mary Anne enjoys babysitting, but she learns that taking care of a baby is a big responsibility when she has to play pretend parent to an egg "baby" for a special class at school.

"Claudia has a sad goodbye to make. Her grandmother, Mimi, has just died. Claudia understands that Mimi was sick for a long time, but she's still mad at her grandmother for leaving her. Who will help Claudia with her homework . . . and share "special tea" with her? To keep from thinking about Mimi, Claudia spends all her free time painting and baby-sitting. She's even teaching an art class for some of the kids in the neighborhood. Claudia knows...

First Karen and Ricky were enemies, then they were in love, now they are fighting. Will they make up...or break up?

The Baby-sitters are running a day camp for kids in Stoneybrook. Campers will do art projects, go on field trips, and even put on a circus show. Then Mary Anne's father announces that he will be going away for two weeks on business. Great! Mary Anne, Dawn, and Dawn's mother can't wait to be "bachelor girls". But things are not turning out the way Mary Anne had thought. She misses her father a lot. The kids at Camp BSC are choosing sides against...

The baby-sitters have won the lottery and the girls are going to California. After winning money in the lottery, the Baby-Sitters head for California, where Jessi lands a part in a television show, and Stacey becomes obsessed with surfing.

It's a summer change for the Baby-sitters Club, with major changes in the look and focus of Ann M. Martin's classic series. Throughout the summer, members of the club share feelings about who they are and where they are going in a special journal. Four members drop out of the club, bringing the group back to its original characters: Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey. Four Friends Forever. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters...

Mary Anne is desperate to find her missing kitten, Tigger, so the Baby-Sitters help her with her search, but in the meantime the children for whom Mary Anne babysits develop inexplicable allergies.