Kristy's Great Idea: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #1) (1) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)

I loved the Baby-Sitters Club books as an 8 year old, and I am so glad to see them being published as graphic novels. I purchase two copies of this- one for myself and one for my 11 year old niece. We are starting to get into graphic novels as a way to help her dyslexic brother associate words and pictures. She was really excited to see a graphic novel for girls. I should clarify that these books are not *just* for girls- but they certainly appeal to my niece more than X-Men or traditional comics. Also, I should clarify that this book is not a comic- it is a graphic novel. This means that it is a genuine novel that has been heavily illustrated. Thus, if you consider comics low-brow literature, you may still want to consider a graphic novel. Essentially, the entire original story is here, with a lot of original dialogue. The storyline is the same and the characters are the same. There are a lot of graphic novels that I do not care for, because of the illustrations. This novel was illustrated by the same woman who illustrated "Smile." The pictures and text are very clear. Some people are complaining the story lines are not appropriate for younger elementary. I think when these were published they were aimed at Middle School aged kids- since the kids in the books are all in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. I remember reading the original ones as a 9 year old, and it was my first introduction to a lot of new concepts, like divorce, deafness, and diabetes- but to be fair, these are all things I hear my elementary students at school talk to their friends about. Ann Martin has always been really good about writing about tough themes for kids in a way that makes them non-threatening. I would really recommend this novel to any girl who struggles with reading, or any girl who finds reading boring. It is a series, with #2 already published, and #3 and #4 on the way. If your girl happens to like the graphic novels, you can always try the original, non-illustrated series as well. if you have a girl that REALLY is getting into graphic novels, we also liked the Phoebe and the Unicorn series as well.

I LOVE this book!!! 📚💖 The Baby-sitters Club is SO COOL and I wish I could be in it! Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are all really different but they’re best friends and work together to babysit all kinds of kids. Sometimes it’s funny (like when there’s a HUGE dog!!) and sometimes it’s a little scary but they always figure it out together. My favorite part is the pictures

I think that this book is the best book I have ever read in my entire life, well since I was little and whatnot, “no less” my peeps…

Wow, what a great little book. I hadn't seen the black and white comics as I'm only really interested in color comics, but I do own a lot of old baby sitter club books. I was surprised that this is actually a shorter book in height than the standard graphic novel, and fits right in with the rest of my baby sitter club books quite nicely. Although, about twice as thick as those books. I'm an adult, but I read kids books occasionally and I sat down and read it in about an hour tonight. I haven't read the book in about 20 years, but I have to say I liked this even more than the first time. It just looks so great as a graphic novel, and all the parts of the story.. the letters they have in the books, or the drawings of the posters just fit right in in this format. Almost better than they did in the original. It's also interesting that they still broke the comic down into chapters. The only down side is that the beginning of the story lacked some description when Watson is introduced.. it takes a few pages before you realize that Kristy's parents are divorced and she's dating Watson since it isn't exactly explicit at first. But really, that's the only slight negative that I could find.. I really can't imagine this story being as engaging in black and white. It's also hard to tell that this wasn't originally printed in color too.. they did a great job colorizing it. Many of the action lines are changed to white to stand out a bit better. I really hope they give the Goosebump graphix books the same treatment next!

The difference between picture books and straight up word only chapter books is stark. The comic book style in this series is such a great way to bridge the gap and get your kid into reading chapter books. The content is a little mature. It talks about the problems going on in the girls lives like dealing with parents divorce and dealing with health issues. You may or may not find those topics inappropriate for your child’s age.

Received as promised, granddaughter loves it

My middle daughter is now assist in these chapter books of the babysitter club. Thank God we was able to order this and get it in before Christmas. It was in good shape

This book was a great fit for my upper elementary-aged daughter. She loved the engaging story and the graphic novel illustrations, which really captured her interest. She's already looking forward to reading more in the series!

A lovely book really enjoyed reading it. Very interesting. Not at all boring would highly recommend.good book very enjoyable loved it.

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So disappointed! Ordered this for my daughter and didn't read the fine print Graphic novel 🙄 basically all pictures with very little writing. So beware if you actually want a reading book it's not this one.

Perfect pick for getting kids excited about reading

I like it