The Baby-Sitters Club

Good evening Bloggers! I will now dedicate this special post to my all-time favourite childhood book series by Ann M. Martin and Scholastic, The Baby-Sitters Club. This beloved book series was a best-seller and very popular among adults and kids during the 80's. The very first book was published on August 1st 1986 and the very last book was published on November 1st 2000. It had numerous spin-off series and numerous merchandise produced during the series' run. It was thought out by Scholastic's publisher and Ann M. Martin's dearest friend, Jean Feiwel. The series was supposed to be mini-series consisted of only four books, but was expanded to more than 121 books. It all started with the very first book from the Regular series, Kristy's Great Idea published on August 1st 1986.

This is the original cover of the first book with all four original characters, Stacey McGill, Mary Ann Spier, Claudia Kishi and Kristy Thomas. They are having their meeting at Claudia's room. Stacey McGill is blond with blue eyes and is from New York City, Mary Ann Spier is brunette with brown eyes and is the shy one of the gang, Claudia Kishi is Japanese-American with artistic styles, and Kristy Thomas is the other brunette and the tom boy of the gang. Ann Martin based the character of Mary Anne on herself, minus the character's family issues, Claudia was based on her childhood friend and Kristy on her childhood best friend, Beth.

The original cover of the second book, Claudia And The Phantom Phone Calls published in 1986 a few months after the very first one. Actress Kirsten Dunst was the baby model for this cover. In this book the members keep receiving mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller. The regular series consist of 131 books. The Super Special has 15 books, Mystery has 36 books, Super Mystery has 4 books, Friends Forever has 14 books, a few misc. books, 3 Readers' Request.  and  6 Portrait Collection.

Let's move on to The Baby-Sitters Club dolls by Scholastic and Kenner. Starting with all four 11.5 Inches dolls of Stacey, Claudia, Mallory and Kristy. These dolls were made by Kenner under Scholastic license in 1998. All four characters are packed in a rectangular green package with drawings on them and their mini-biography.

These are the front views of their packages. Got all four together off of eBay a couple years back from a very nice seller for a reasoning price. I also got a lose Stacey and Mallory from another seller of of eBay for good prices before buying these dolls. Stacey is complete, but Mallory didn't come with her glassses and pair of shoes.

The back of their packages with their prototypes on them along with a promotion for the Fan Club. Only these four were made. They did planned on producing other characters but dropped the idea because the series was about to end for good and the sales were low. These dolls cannot stand alone and do not include any accessories.

Here are my extra Stacey McGill and Mallory Pike dolls with the ones boxed. The hair is in good quality and they have Maxi dolls' body structures. They are a few inches smaller than Barbie and Friends by Mattel, but both can share clothes and accessories.