A discarded chain letter augers a series of bad events for Mary Anne, who is plagued by bad luck and a threatening note demanding a midnight meeting on Old Man Sutcliff's grave.

When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change everything. Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients . . . running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey, are sure they can handle anything. But only if they stick...

Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes' baby.

Each member of the Baby-sitters Club sponsors a different girl in the Little Miss Stoneybrook competition, as Dawn also tries to cope with the break-up of her family after her parents are divorced.

Nelly, who babysits after school and on weekends, is babysitting monster alligators that love heights. "En esta aventura, Nelly conocer? a los Altigator, unos simp?ticos monstruos con pinta de cocodrilos... ¡y bastante obsesionados con las alturas!"--

Kristy and the Baby-sitters Club plan a huge outing as a Mother's Day surprise for their clients, while Kristy's mother and stepfather have a surprise of their own in store for their family.

Spending two weeks at the New Jersey shore as mother's helpers, Mary Anne objects when Stacey neglects her babysitting duties after falling in love with Scott the lifeguard.

"Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone-- even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer since the Baby-sitters Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun! But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is "Mimi-sitting" and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean?"--P. [4] of cover....

Depicts the adventures of an infant girl and her canine babysitter one day while Mother is out.

"Claudia siempra ha sido la chica ms̀ creativa de su clase ... hasta que llega Ashley, una nueva alumna realmente diferente: se viste con ropa hippie, tiene muchos pendientes y es la artista ms̀ maravillosa que Claudia nunca ha conocido."--