Kristy's Great Idea (2006)

by Ann M. Martin

Series: The Baby-Sitters Club (Graphic Novel #1), The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels (1)

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Very good book. Got easily into it, (

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CottonCutie | May 6, 2013 |

The story of how the Baby-Sitters club came to be in a graphic novel format.

JudesThree | Apr 14, 2013 |

A faithful retelling of the original story. The characters aren't exactly how I imagined them, but I'm okay with the rendition given. (

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scote23 | Mar 30, 2013 |

A bunch of friend's create a babysitting club to earn money. This book shows you a way you can make honest money and have fun at the same time. (

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a girl book about daily friendships, and daily problems with friendships. (

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The real appeal of the book for me, though, was Telgemeier’s stunning art. Her characters are drawn as expressive and lively, as though they’re capable of stepping off the page.

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Series (with order)

The Baby-Sitters Club (801|Graphic Novel #1)

The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels (1)

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Kristy's Great Idea

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2006

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Booklist's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth (2007)

CBC Graphic Novels for Young Readers

ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens (2007)

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The Baby-Sitters Club. I'm proud to say that it was totally my idea, even though the four of us worked it out together.

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This is the graphic novel. Please do not combine it with the text novel.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0439739330, Paperback)

In this new graphic novel edition of the very first BABY-SITTERS CLUB book, Raina Telgemeier captures all the drama of the original in warm, spunky illustrations. Witness Kristy's eureka moment, when she gets the idea for a "baby-sitters club" and enlists her best friends, shy Mary Anne and artistic Claudia, in an exciting new venture. But the baby-sitting business isn't the only thing absorbing their attention: Kristy is having a hard time accepting her stepdad-to-be, and the newest member of the gang, Stacey, seems to be hiding a secret.

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Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. A graphic novel based on the 1988 book by the same name.… (more)

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