The last book in the first Baby-Sitters Club Book Collection tin is the ending we were all looking for. Kristy's mom is marrying Watson. And while not everyone in the family is entirely excited about all the changes that the event brings, they do manage to make it through the weeks leading up to the big day with minimal disruption. And the Baby-Sitters Club remains intact.
(#51-2022)
Dawn is the newest member of the Baby-Sitters Club. She also might be hated by the club President. But Mary Anne is her friend and Dawn is willing to work, so she takes on a new client, whose kids just might be impossible.
Mary Anne saves the day in more ways that one in this novel. The Baby-Sitters Club is falling apart due to a disagreement between friends. Mary Anne is left to fend for herself at school, and while babysitting. When her charge gets sick, she's left to her own devices, and maybe to a new friend that she's met along the way.
Stacey is hiding something. Not just that she has diabetes, but her parents aren't handling it well, and won't let Stacey learn to live with it before bringing her to every doctor they can find who might magically fix everything. Stacey's tired of it.
The second book in the original Baby-Sitters Club series has Claudia going through what every babysitter goes through at least once in their sitting career. Not that everyone got hangup calls, but everyone let their imagination run away with them in scary ways. The resolution of this is cute, and very middle-school appropriate. Still a fun story.
(#42-2022)
I read this series, fairly religiously, when I was a middle-schooler. So when I found the collector's tin with the original 6 books in the series, in their original format I was absolutely going to buy it.
The story actually still holds up quite well - except that technology plays NO part in these stories. It was a big deal that Claudia had a phone of her own in her room!
Otherwise, the themes and ideas are still relevant. I'm enjoying the re-read down memory lane.
(#40-2022)
