I actually liked the cover for the rerelease of Boy-Crazy Stacey, as much as I could see of it in the little black-and-white picture at the back of #7. So I was looking forward to seeing it in colour. The cover is posted on Amazon now, and I think it's cute:


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Yesterday I bought the reissue of Claudia and Mean Janine, and I was really disappointed to see that it has the pink cover with the bike instead of this one with the tea set:


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There's now a page on Amazon for the reissue of Boy-Crazy Stacey, with a release date of October 1, 2011.

I've got to say I like the product description:
Everyone's favorite baby-sitters are back -- with everyone's favorite trip to the beach ( Read more... )

I've been reading Sleepover Friends books lately, and I was looking at the stuff in the back of #3, which was published in December 1987. It listed some of the new Baby-sitters Club books that would be coming out, with #10 called Mary Anne Goes Steady and #11 as Kristy Meets the Snobs. Boy, I'm glad they changed that title before the book was ( Read more... )

You can't read the entire review on the Kirkus Reviews site without a subscription, but the whole thing is posted on bn.com and it's quite positive.

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The new Kristy's Great Idea cover isn't up on Amazon yet, but it's been posted on the Chapters site.


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#1: Kristy's Great Idea
#2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls

I wonder how long this'll last. The Saddle Club got through twelve books, and SVH only reissued six.

Discuss.

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Scholastic Customer Service finally got back to me, and the release date that they have for the prequel is actually earlier than the one on Amazon.

Thank you for contacting Scholastic Classroom Books and Libraries regarding information on the Prequel Summer Before Babysitters Club book ( Read more... )

I am not making this up.

The Summer Before by Ann M. Martin
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (April 1, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0545160936
ISBN-13: 978-0545160933

Before there was the Baby-Sitters Club, there were four girls named Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill. As they start the summer before seventh ( Read more... )

The second cake in this post on Cake Wrecks would have been perfect to have at one of Dawn's good-bye parties.

( On to the most appropriate cake ever! )