Stoneybrook Reunion: The Baby-Sitters Club Book Club

Claudia and Dawn have taken a sailing class and are planning a race to Greenpoint Island off the coast of Connecticut. They set sail with snacks, small children, and egos in tow, only to encounter a massive storm. After Dawn’s boat capsizes, the group ends up shipwrecked on an unknown island. While chaos ensues back in Stoneybrook, Dawn and Claudia– along with Jeff, Becca, Jamie Newton, and Haley...

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A creepy old house on Stacey’s street is set to be demolished, and the baby-sitters (along with honorary BSC member Charlotte Johanssen) are convinced that there is a mystery surrounding the strange happenings at the property. But… is there? Is Stoneybrook built on an ancient burial ground? What’s with all those flies? Is the mystery just a collective hallucination inspired by a few good horror mo...

Mary Anne and Stacey are headed back to Sea City with the Pike crew– plus a few male ghosts from the past that turn Stacey into a bad friend and make Mary Anne question her relationship with Logan. How can she go out and have fun with Alex when Logan is back home waiting for her? Can boys and girls truly be platonic friends? Meanwhile, Vanessa enjoys her first crush on a 12-year-old ice cream serv...

After Janine wins an academic achievement award, Claudia can’t shake the feeling that she is fundamentally different from her family members. Inspired by Kristy’s new sister Emily Michelle, Claudia convinces herself that she is adopted, setting off a wild goose chase for her family of origin. Join us as we follow Claudia’s leap off a logic cliff and subsequent plunge through libraries, phone books...

In Book 32, the sitters meet two new families–the Felders, who have lived around the corner from Bradford Court/BSC headquarters for years, and the Hobarts, who moved into Mary Anne’s old house all the way from Australia. As the Felders prepare to send their daughter Susan to a boarding school for autistic children, Kristy devises a plan to keep her newest baby-sitting charge in Stoneybrook…but th...

Dawn and Mary Anne have finally realized their shared dream of sisterhood! Once the Spiers move into the old farmhouse, though, Dawn’s delight at combining bedrooms (and closets) with her new “sis” ends almost as abruptly as Richard and Sharon’s honeymoon. Unwilling to admit that her initial plan took a nightmarish turn, Dawn hatches another one to prod Mary Anne to move into the guest room and re...

We're between seasons right now, but we have spent some time together IRL this summer. Inspired by the BSC and their tenacious vacation record keeping, we cobbled together some real-time voice notes and reflections to create our first ever Audio Super Special. Please stick around till the end of the episode for our Season 4 preview! Enjoy. Find our trip photos on Instagram @StoneybrookReunion...

After a 26-book wait, Richard and Sharon finally announce their plans to marry, to their daughters’ delight…and Mary Anne and Dawn’s dreaming and scheming shifts from Parent Trap ping to high-gear wedding planning. As Mary Anne mentally prepares to gain a stepfamily and lose the only home she’s ever known, she somehow also steers the Arnold twins through conflict as they try on their new, separate...

It’s winter in Stoneybrook, and the baby-sitters are off to Vermont for the annual trip to Leicester Lodge, hosts of the Winter War. No sooner do they arrive at the Overlook-esque ski lodge than a real ripsnorter of a storm blows in (with thanks for the phrase to local armchair meteorologist Teensy Mooseman), and a busload of children are stranded without adequate supervision. Cue the BSC! They sp...

As the McGill gals settle into their new old house and start to clear forgotten treasures from the attic, neighbor Mal scores a most handsome trunk and finds evidence of a kindred spirit (possibly from the spirit world) within. Join hands with us at the seance table (but leave the offensive costume and behavior behind, Kristy) as we learn the distinction between journals and diaries, which of the...

As Mr. and Mrs. McGills’ relationship unravels, Stacey finds herself caught in the fray and, after several failed attempts to Parent Trap her mom and dad into reconciling, confronts a big decision: should she stay in New York in her father’s pre-war bachelor pad, or leave the city yet again to live with her mother in Stoneybrook suburbia?  Pile into the backseat of the McGill’s station wagon with...

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Child celeb Derek Masters returns to Stoneybrook from L.A., and–guess what–his parents need a sitter. In keeping with an emerging pattern for Jessi-centric books, stars align for her to take on most of the gigs with the new charge, and she and the BSC help him process some setbacks at school and settle back into everyday suburban Connecticut life. Derek returns the favor by coaching Jessi through...

Claudia has long grappled with her grandmother’s declining health, but is still unprepared for the moment that she actually passes away. Luckily, she can lean on her artwork and her friends in the BSC. Join us for a celebration of Mimi’s life (and a bit of papier-mâché art therapy) as we navigate Claudia and the Sad Goodbye .  We'd love to hear from you! Find us on Instagram @stoneybrookreunio...

It’s ten o’clock. Do you know where your kitten is? Though Mary Anne may have shaken off the chain letter curse back in Book 17, her bad luck (and ominous mail streak) continues in her next spin as narrator when her beloved pet goes missing and her usually exemplary boyfriend turns distant and moody in Book 25: Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger . Grab a flashlight and a stack of posters from Mrs...

It’s springtime in Stoneybrook, and Mother’s Day looms large in the minds of our baby-sitters– with glances askance to Mary Anne, of course. Kristy’s Idea Brain comes up with a gift for their clients: a day off for the moms while the BSC takes charge of their kids. Join us at the Sudsy’s Carnival midway and please try not to barf as we, like Kristy, are pleasantly distracted from what turns out to...

After a slumber party send-off, Dawn spends spring break in Orange County with her father and brother and tries on a more laid-back lifestyle among many other blondes making similar snack (but questionable beach) choices. Dawn considers what her quotidian routine would be like if she decides to stay, and whether the abundant sunshine and other items on the California pros list win out over the few...

Jessi has a break from ballet classes and her regular gig with the Braddocks’, and she can’t wait to kick back and crack open a good horse book…until she hears that the Mancusi menagerie is in need of a last-minute sitter. What was supposed to be a chill week for Jessi takes a few worrying turns, with an escaped snake, a very fat, self-isolating hamster, and a row among the senior sitters about cl...

Mallory is on a mission to age up her appearance, and the pull of the piercing boutique and her desire for a decent haircut compel her to take on a twice-a-week sitting job with the Arnold twins to fund her physical transformation. The new charges seem to be identical, but don’t let the precious matching looks (right down to their pinky rings) deceive you–these girls are tired of being treated lik...

Calling all Gen-Xers and Millenials! Did you have a rainbow dolphin binder for your math homework? Perhaps a painterly panda? Did you prefer Hunter the cheetah or Forrest the tiger as your big cat of choice? Was your sticker collection game TOTALLY ON POINT? Ours too! We watched Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story, and were instantly transported to our early days of school-supply shopping. Joi...

We'll be back in a couple of weeks! Until then, tune in to our special Emergency Meeting, releasing on Thursday!

Somehow it’s summer again in the Baby-sitters-verse, and that means it’s time for more Super Special-style world-building! In Baby-sitters’ Summer Vacation , the map expands upstate as the Stoneybrook sitters cajole Stacey into leaving the comforts of concrete (?) and Bloomingdale’s to join them as counselors-in-training at Camp Mohawk/Camp Moosehead. Excavate your embroidery floss and meet us and...

Hello, sports (and romance) fans! You’re in for a treat–this week’s book/episode is light on babysitting and heavy on baseball (and crush-induced butterflies). When all of the kids in Stoneybrook seem to be in their backyards with bats and gloves, Kristy notices that the local little league has left out her younger siblings and many of the club’s charges. In a typical Kristy move, she decides to s...

A prank gone awry during a gig lands Claudia in the hospital and launches her into an existential crisis. If babysitting is this risky, she’s not sure it’s for her! While Claudia recovers and once again mulls whether she’ll leave the club, the BSC takes on the serious business of sitting for and waging a practical joke war with the new problem child charge, Betsy. Sit beside us on the Sobaks’ sofa...