If you were a pre- teen during the late 80’s or early 90’s you may remember a book series called The Baby-Sitters Club.
Author Ann Martin put out a hit when she wrote this series. 176 million copies were sold during the period of 1986-2000. The original TV series came from those books and was on HBO in 1990. I did not personally watch or read since I was graduating in 1990 and was just too sophisticated for that – haha!! I am pretty sure my younger sister did have at least one of those books.
The books and TV series are making a comeback now with the hit show on Netflix. You can still follow your favorites Kristy, Claudia, Stacey and Mary Anne even though there have been adaptations to the current styles and technology in both the books and show.
In 2009, Martin wrote a prequel called The Summer Before, and it was such a hit that the books are being reissued, and there are even graphic novels of the books. The books are slowly coming back out one or two a month through the beginning of the new year. You can count on those books being on our shelves. Well… at least being owned by the library. They will be off the shelves more often than they will be on them, I’m sure.
-Jen Gardner, Children’s Department Manager
