Author: Graphic Novel Retelling by Raina Telgemeier (orig. author: Ann M. Martin)
Title: The Babysitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea Publisher: Scholastic, 2006.
Grade Level: 4th & up
Summary: Four friends, Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey come up with a great idea to help the neighborhood and earn some extra cash.
Strengths: It’s a girl classic turned into a graphic novel, which will make female graphic novel fans extremely happy. I think young girls will enjoy both reading the original Babysitters Club series and the graphic novel version. The comic book style may also encourage struggling readers to take a stab at a chapter book or encourage the transition from this graphic novel to the Martin chapter book series.
Concerns: The Babysitters Club is definitely a girls only book. Since the audience is gender specific it would not necessarily be appropriate to use as assigned reading, but would be a great book for independent reading time. Another concern is the length. While the story is interesting and entertaining, the length of the book may discourage some readers.
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