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We are the Baby-Sitters Club : essays and artwork from grown-up readers / edited by Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks ; [foreword by Mara Wilson].

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Chicago Review Press, 2021.

Martin, Ann M., 1955- -- Appreciation.

Martin, Ann M., 1955- Baby-sitters Club.

Martin, Ann M., 1955- Baby-sitters Club -- History and criticism.

9781641604901 (trade pbk)

xiii, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"An unauthorized anthology"--cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-204).

Foreword / Mara Wilson -- Introduction: We are the Baby-Sitters Club / Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks -- Say hello to your friends: girl groups and friendship culture -- Fashion statements: personal style in the BSC -- The BSC and us: on seeing ourselves reflected (or not) -- Be bossy: entrepreneurship and the business of babysitting -- Great ideas: the world beyond Stoneybrook.

"A nostalgia-packed, star-studded anthology featuring contributors such as Kristen Arnett, Yumi Sakugawa, Gabrielle Moss, and others exploring the lasting impact of the beloved Baby-Sitters Club series. In 1986, the first-ever meeting of the Baby-Sitters Club was called to order in a messy bedroom strewn with Ring-Dings, scrunchies, and a landline phone. Kristy, Claudia, Stacey, and Mary Anne launched the club that birthed an entire generation of loyal readers. The Baby-Sitters Club series featured a diverse, complex cast of characters and touched on an impressive range of issues that were underrepresented at the time: divorce, adoption, childhood illness, class division, and racism, to name a few. In We Are the Baby-sitters Club, writers and a few visual artists from Generation BSC will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved series, thirty-five years later -- celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence. Contributors include author Gabrielle Moss, illustrator Siobhán Gallagher, and filmmaker Sue Ding, as well as New York Times bestselling author Kristen Arnett, Lambda Award–finalist Myriam Gurba, Black Girl Nerds founder Jamie Broadnax, and Paris Review contributor Frankie Thomas. The first anthology of its kind from editors Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks, We Are the Baby-Sitters Club will look closely at how Ann M. Martin's series shaped our ideas about gender politics, friendship, fashion and beyond -- and what makes the series still a core part of many readers' identities so many years later. "--Publisher.

Crawford, Marisa.

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