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jemimaannie's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
zapkode's review against another edition
5.0
{My thoughts} – I may be one of few people from my generation that has never actually read the original books by Ann M. Martin. I did how however watch a few episodes of the television adaptation years ago when it was airing. I don’t even recall if it was on for more then a season or not but that would have been back in the 1990’s. That was the first time I’d ever really been introduced to The Baby-Sitters Club.
Kristy’s Great Idea is about a girl that comes up with a business opportunity for her and her close friends. The idea is that they create a club of baby-sitters so that when people in the neighborhood need a sitter they can call them. There ends up being for girls in the club and they all work around each other’s schedules to help make sure that everyone that needs a baby-sitter gets a baby-sitter.
This book also goes over some challenging issues that youth faces. The biggest being responsibility. Baby-sitting is a huge responsibility and sometimes you can end up in over your head. It discusses topics such as divorce, lying, diabetes, single parents, loss of a parent, parents getting remarried and more. I think all of the things discussed in this book are important issues that need to be addressed even today in our modern society.
I really like how the text and the illustrations go together so nicely in this book. The illustrations help the reader to better understand the book and what is going on. It’s an east to follow storyline and I am sure that even the most reluctant reader will be able to enjoy this book.
Kristy’s Great Idea is about a girl that comes up with a business opportunity for her and her close friends. The idea is that they create a club of baby-sitters so that when people in the neighborhood need a sitter they can call them. There ends up being for girls in the club and they all work around each other’s schedules to help make sure that everyone that needs a baby-sitter gets a baby-sitter.
This book also goes over some challenging issues that youth faces. The biggest being responsibility. Baby-sitting is a huge responsibility and sometimes you can end up in over your head. It discusses topics such as divorce, lying, diabetes, single parents, loss of a parent, parents getting remarried and more. I think all of the things discussed in this book are important issues that need to be addressed even today in our modern society.
I really like how the text and the illustrations go together so nicely in this book. The illustrations help the reader to better understand the book and what is going on. It’s an east to follow storyline and I am sure that even the most reluctant reader will be able to enjoy this book.
katrina_ingram's review
4.0
I read this when I was younger and wanted my own babysitters club, it was great to revisit it in a new format. The illustration style was great and I liked that it tackled real problems such as health and family dynamics
kkeraunos's review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
again another good reread im happy i chose to do this ^_^
clodyclb's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
reader4evr's review against another edition
5.0
This was so much fun to revisit because I loved the Babysitters Club growing up. Raina Telgemeier did a great job.
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
I was delighted to see that the Baby-Sitters Club would be getting full colour graphic novels. I haven't read all of the Baby-Sitters Club, but I have read quite a few and I know I enjoyed them.
It was really great fun to see the girls again, and I loved that they were in full colour now, it just makes them come more alive, it gives them more character. I love Raina Telgemeier's art and I am so happy that she is drawing these graphic novels. I do hope that there will be a lot of these books coming out, I saw we will at least get 3 other books, let's hope that is not all.
The story was fun, and while I could still remember everything, I was still having fun and laughing at parts. Kristy is a great character, and while she was a bit of a brat at times, I can somehow imagine why. It mustn't be easy for her. Having divorced parents and your mom starting to date again.
I loved her idea of a Baby-Sitters Club, and it was great that they could set it up this quickly. Of course, they had a lot of help from other people who were eager to help out.
Stacy was the only character I didn't particularly like. Maybe because she wouldn't be honest about her problems until much later in the book. And yes, it might be embarrassing especially when she was teased for it, but I feel like she should just have been honest and told them why she couldn't eat everything. Now there was this big argument and friendships that were stretched and tested.
I loved the idea of the Baby-Sitters Club journal. It was fun to read the adventures of the girls and what they experienced. And it helped out in the later parts when someone else would babysit, they would know what to do, and what to watch out for.
Even though Kristy is the main character for this one, we still find out enough about the other girls. About their families, their lives and what there skills and strengths are. I really love that, it makes me love the book even more.
I like how everything is still the same as it was in the original book, she really kept the style and feelings of those books and translated them to graphics. It is not always done right, but Raina Telgemeier did it perfectly here. It is that I know this was done in 2014/2015, but otherwise I might have thought it was way older. :)
All in all, I will be eagerly awaiting all the other books in this series, I will be sure to add them to my collection. And I would highly recommend this book to everyone.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
It was really great fun to see the girls again, and I loved that they were in full colour now, it just makes them come more alive, it gives them more character. I love Raina Telgemeier's art and I am so happy that she is drawing these graphic novels. I do hope that there will be a lot of these books coming out, I saw we will at least get 3 other books, let's hope that is not all.
The story was fun, and while I could still remember everything, I was still having fun and laughing at parts. Kristy is a great character, and while she was a bit of a brat at times, I can somehow imagine why. It mustn't be easy for her. Having divorced parents and your mom starting to date again.
I loved her idea of a Baby-Sitters Club, and it was great that they could set it up this quickly. Of course, they had a lot of help from other people who were eager to help out.
Stacy was the only character I didn't particularly like. Maybe because she wouldn't be honest about her problems until much later in the book. And yes, it might be embarrassing especially when she was teased for it, but I feel like she should just have been honest and told them why she couldn't eat everything. Now there was this big argument and friendships that were stretched and tested.
I loved the idea of the Baby-Sitters Club journal. It was fun to read the adventures of the girls and what they experienced. And it helped out in the later parts when someone else would babysit, they would know what to do, and what to watch out for.
Even though Kristy is the main character for this one, we still find out enough about the other girls. About their families, their lives and what there skills and strengths are. I really love that, it makes me love the book even more.
I like how everything is still the same as it was in the original book, she really kept the style and feelings of those books and translated them to graphics. It is not always done right, but Raina Telgemeier did it perfectly here. It is that I know this was done in 2014/2015, but otherwise I might have thought it was way older. :)
All in all, I will be eagerly awaiting all the other books in this series, I will be sure to add them to my collection. And I would highly recommend this book to everyone.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
vtsarahd's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this series as a child and I loved this first edition remade as a graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier. Raina captures the characters so well and this would be a great way to hook students new to the series. In this book, Kristy gets an idea to form a Babysitters Club to help her friends and clients consolidate their babysitting efforts. The girls learn about babysitting and each other as their friendships are tested by the formation of the new club. Love, love, love!