Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-204). "An unauthorized anthology"--cover.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club series featured a 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. In We Are the Baby-Sitters Club, writers and a few visual artists from the original BSC generation will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved series, thirty-five years later-celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence"-- Provided by publisher.
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