Last Sunday, I posted a list of my favourite Sweet Valley books, so this week I thought I would make a list of my favourite Baby-sitters Club books. My grandma bought me a box full of Baby-sitters Club books (it had at least 25 in it) and it got me hooked. I read pretty much all of the Baby-sitters Club books, including the Little Sister series featuring Kristy's younger step-sister, Karen and the California Diaries series about Dawn and her friends in California. This list is longer than the Sweet Valley one because I read more Baby-sitters Club books than Sweet Valley books.
Baby-sitters' Summer Vacation
This is a Baby-sitters Super Special. The Super Specials were my favourite BSC books. They're twice as long, have a more exciting plot and are told from the point of view of all the baby-sitters instead of focusing on one, as the regular BSC books do. I'm a sucker for summer camp stories - even though I've never been to one - so I loved this book. Also, it reminded me a lot of the BSC movie (they open a summer camp in the film), which made me love it even more.
Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation
This is another Super Special. I remember liking it even more than the Summer Vacation book, but I can't remember why. All I remember is that it was basically just a winter version of that book. Oh, and I remember I read it during Christmas break one year...I usually try to read a seasonally appropriate book.
The Baby-sitters Remember
Just one more Super Special for this list. In this one the sitters each share their most vivid memory. I liked how each girl got to tell her own story and the readers got some insight into their past.
Dawn's Book
Dawn was always my favourite BSC character. This book is part of the Portrait Collection series, which are books which focus on a particular member of the club and basically tell their life story from birth until now. Since I loved Dawn I was very interested to learn more about her life. Living in California sounded like so much fun.
Stacey's Book
Stacey was my second favourite BSC character, so I enjoyed this glimpse into her past. She talks about her life in New York, her diabetes diagnosis and her parents divorce, all of which I found fascinating.
Beware, Dawn!
I mentioned in my list of favourite Sweet Valley books that I've always loved scary books, so naturally I loved the BSC Mysteries. Since this one featured Dawn and creepy prank phone calls (a BSC version of
When a Stranger Calls?!) of course it's one of my favourites.
Kristy and the Vampires
I enjoyed this BSC Mystery a lot because they're filming a horror movie in Stoneybrook! And I love horror movies.
Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies
I forgot how much I loved this book until last week when I flipped through an old daily planner and at the back there was a list of my favourites and under "Books" I listed this one. In this book their health class does a unit called "Modern Living" where everyone splits into couples and have to pretend they're married, take care of a baby egg and pretend to manage their finances on things like rent, groceries and such.
I liked this book because I wanted to have a class like this - it's like playing make-believe with your dolls. I always daydreamed about being adult as a kid. I wish I could tell my younger self how overrated being an adult is. I actually got to take care of a baby egg for my parenting class in high school, but it wasn't fun - I basically just put it on a shelf so it wouldn't get broken and forgot about it.
Dawn and the We Love Kids Club
This one is about Dawn's BSC rip-off in California that she calls the We Love Kids Club. I basically just liked it because it's about Dawn living in California.
Sunny: Diary 1
This book is part of the California Diaries series, which is a spin-off of the BSC series that focuses on Dawn's life in California. I expected it like the other BSC books, only with no baby-sitting, but it's much darker. I remember buying it at Zellers and my dad seeing the back of the book which says "
I hate my life. Despise it.
That's all I have to say. Good night." and he asked me why I would want to read a book like that. I ended up enjoying it a lot because I thought Sunny was such a cool character. She skips school to hang out at the beach with cute boys.
Guide to Baby-sitting
I always wanted to start my own Baby-sitters Club, so I got this book to help me. I never did, but I did end up baby-sitting sans club and this book had some helpful tips to keep kids entertained.
Karen's in Love
This Little Sister book prompted me to have a wedding with my crush, but sadly he declined. Honestly, what little boy would allow another little girl to "marry" him and kiss her in front of all of his friends? Can you say whipped?
Karen's Prize
I liked this book so much I read it twice in one day. Since I'm a fairly good speller (even without spell check!) I always wanted to enter a spelling bee to see if I could win, but we never had them at my school.
Karen's Doll
I just loved this one because I had an obsession with dolls.
Jump Rope Rhymes
I played jump rope many recesses during my childhood and used many of these rhymes with my friends.
