Ann M. Martin

"When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change everything. Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients...running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey, are sure they can handle anything. But only if they stick...

Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.

"As the newest member of the BSC, Dawn is eager to prove herself. So when a big job comes along, she jumps at the chance to show everyone what she's made of. The Barretts are even more challenging than Dawn expected. The house is a mess. Mrs. Barrett is unreliable, and the kids are out of control. Dawn knows she's a great baby-sitter, but this is impossible! She only knows one thing for sure--a member of the BSC never gives up!"--Page 4 of cover.

When Abby comes home from school one day and finds a baby on her front porch, she's completely mystified. Where did he come from? And why was he left on the Stevenson's porch? Abby's mom convinces the authorities to let the baby, whom the family dubs Eli, stay at their house while the search for his parents is conducted.

Stacey, a member of the Baby-sitters Club, struggles with her parents, who refuse to accept that she has diabetes, as she and the other girls in the club deal with baby-sitting problems and a rival baby-sitting club.

While reading a magazine, Claudia comes up with the idea of starting a personals column in her school paper. She helps others, but will she ever find the perfect boy for her?

This is a different kind of summer for Stacey. Since her fight with the BSC, Stacey's not baby-sitting much, and she doesn't have her best friend Claudia to do things with. So Stacey gets a part-time job at the department store downtown, and she finds a new group of friends. Stacey enjoys hanging out with Jacqui, Sheila, and the other girls. They're serious shoppers, and they're really into music. These girls are fun. A little wild even. But Stacey's...

Karen loves taking care of Ollie, the little lamb. She feeds and brushes the little lamb every day. She wants to enter Ollie in the county fair.

When a fight breaks out among the members of the Babysitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a baby sitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.

Annabelle and Tiffany, dolls who are best friends living in the Palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in Kate Palmer's backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house, and try to stop Princess Mimi, a doll who threatens all dollkind.