why?
2007-05-18 16:44:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Totally agree with CrystalRT5.
I read so many of those books when I was in the third and fourth grades. What am I saying? I probably read them up through the seventh grade. I was also a fan of the Sweet Valley Twins series (which, now that I look back on it, was only marginally better than the Baby-Sitters Club series).
If you have a girl who isn't into reading, these series might be a way to draw her in. But they are terribly formulaic and hokey. They are in no way great lit. Let her get into the series for a year or so, but then try to have her "graduate" to classics like A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Little Women, The Bell Jar, Catcher in the Rye, Where the Red Fern Grows and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
2007-05-18 17:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by StellaBtheWriter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were the trash-lit of preteen girls in the 90s. I personally *loved* them when I was a kid- for about two years (from about age 10 to 12) they were almost the only books I read, aside from school books. The stories were simplistic, but the characters were endearing, and very relatable for a girl that age.
2007-05-18 17:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blast from the past! I read them all, traded them with my friends, and loved them (except they repeated the story of how the club got started too much). I got a lot of good ideas on entertaining and amusing kids that I used while babysitting, then later as a teacher's aide, and even now as a teacher.
2007-05-18 16:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by Query 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The series is good for getting girls (in grades 3-5) to read more books. Otherwise, it's too formulaic to be of significant literary value.
2007-05-18 16:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by CrystalRT5 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A while ago my friend and I reread some of the Babysitters Club books and it seemed like there were sexual undertones in them.
It was HILARIOUS.
2007-05-18 16:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by Steph Infection 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 09:59:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read about 15 books of them. I like it, but just so.
2007-05-18 19:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by ira a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sucks and has nothing to do with the real world. Read "Catcher in the Rye" or "The Red Pony" or "Huckleberry Finn".
2007-05-18 16:52:47 · answer #8 · answered by Hithloday 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they're stories about kids who babysit...and make it seem much harder than it really is.
kind of tacky and young.
2007-05-18 16:47:57 · answer #9 · answered by LaurenElizabeth 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋