Kristy starts a babysitting club with her friends in this new edition, which reformats the familiar series in a modern graphic novel format.

The fresh tone adds new appeal to a story that is really quite sweet and appropriate for young readers. The four friends work together to start their business, dealing with issues of blended families, secret diabetes, and strict parents. The illustrations are very appropriate for middle graders. One gripe: in the black and white format, all characters look exactly the same except for variations on hair and outfit, rendering the multicultural representations a bit hollow. ( )

This book is about the beginning of the baby sitters club. This book describes to the readers how the club started and how it works. Read this book to find out about the babysitters club beginning. ( )

Adaptation of the book. Good way to encourage girls to read Graphic Novels.
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Read by Malinda, Summer 2007

Read by Karla, Spring 2008
The Baby Sitters Club Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin and graphics by Raina Telgemeier is probably a reading level for 4th graders but could be read up through middle school level. This is a neat story of four friends deciding to start their own business in babysitting. It touches on different youth issues such as divorced parents, diabetes, and friends arguing with each other. It is a clever story with nice illustrations. I really enjoyed it.

This was a fantastic series....I always wanted to have my very own babysitters club!