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You know you secretly wanted Claudia's awesome yellow jumpsuit and Stacey's fabulous tights.
I have been known to delve into literary greatness on this blog, but this post will take the cake. The Baby-Sitters Club was one of the very first series I ever owned and loved. I'm not kidding when I say I owned over a hundred of these books. (I think they stopped at 213 and were out of publication by 2000). Series creator, Ann M. Martin has written and Scholastic is releasing a prequel titled The Summer Before, along with the first two books in the series will be released in April. The New York Times reports that "Editors at Scholastic updated some of the references to technology and outdated fashions in the reissued books. So a “cassette player” has become “headphones” and a “perm” has become “an expensive hairstyle.” The graphics, cover art and packaging will also be updated. I'm so bummed that I sold my entire set in a garage sale when I was 14, because those books were too "babyish" for someone as cool as me at that age.
I had this book. Love the socks with the loafers, Stacey! And Kristy, your rolled up denim is FAB!
The Baby-Sitters Club series was definitely a catalyst that fueled my love of reading. Not only did I read the books, but my friends and I tried to start our own babysitting business in the fourth grade. We made posters and taped them up in my friend's parent's grocery store and were devastated that NO ONE called us on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:00 that first day. Why wouldn't you want a group of FOURTH GRADERS babysitting your kiddo? Ha!
After The Baby-Sitters Club, I moved on to other series, like R.L. Stine's Fear Street. I still have five or six of those books that my Mom socked away for me, and I have them on my shelves in my 8th grade Reading classroom. The kids still love them and are so mad when they realize that only a few are still in print. In 2008, Scholastic released some of Stine's Goosebumps series and had much success with them, but I'm still waiting on all of the titles below to be reprinted. I would love to read them again, for S & G!
This is so awesome! Fear Street and BSC were some of my favorites growing up too. I just hope it's not like Saved By The Bell where you watch it now and feel ashamed at how corny it is (and feel even more shame that you can't seem to change the channel.....).
ReplyDeleteI'm sure major cornage is involved in the books, and I plan on buying the first two for Sydni when they are re-released. I can't believe I sold my set! I too, still find myself watching Saved By the Bell and longing for Kelly Kapowski's killer mullet. :)
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