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There was absolutely nothing to do at work to do, so I drew this! I wonder if anyone of you will recognise these characters. When I was 10-11 years old, I devoured these books.characters: Kristy, Claudia, Jessica, Stacey, Mallory, Mary Anne and Dawn (though they had different names in Dutch) from Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series.
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I read these back in the sixth grade around 2006. Definitely its eighties time period by the hair and how you allowed a teen to babysit your child and looking back, some of the books have not aged well but they were enjoyable nevertheless.
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I devoured them when I was younger and have strong memories of the characters, but I admit I haven't read a single one since 1993 so I don't know how they aged.
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Iβm not saying that theyβve aged terribly, itβs just that what people thought of things at the time, especially on disabilities like autism, is so out dated today.
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Yeah, I often feel that when I read books or watch tv shows I loved in the 90s. It seems the world has changed a lot since then.
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True. Reprints exist for a reason. Especially in childrenβs fiction.
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I finally read these in the late 90s, when I was around 13. Very cute, relateable books that didn't water things down. The one about child abuse still sticks in my mind, pretty dark for a "kids" series.Β
I also remember making fun of these books before I got into them, I think because I had a cousin that read them or something?
LOL, I was so judge-y!! My favorites we're Mary-Anne and Claudia. I liked Claudia so much that I lightly based a character off of her
when I started working on my first novel. (An artistic Irish girl with crazy fashion sense like Claudia, who wears pink cats-eye glasses because
she likes them. Her name is Gillian.) 
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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you're most welcome of course! I only read the first twenty or so. I had never even heard of the one about child abuse, holy cow, that's some heavy stuff! the ones I read were usually about having a boyfriend. The third book, which was about diabetes, was pretty serious I guess (that was the first one I read). I think I related mostly to Kristy, because she liked to wear jeans, t-shirts and hoodies, and she had older brothers (although I hated sports and I don't think her stories were the most interesting ones). I liked Claudia as well because of her clothes (I loved drawing her!) and because she did art.
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Mary Ann and Dawn on the bed
Mallory with the poofy hair on the floor
Jessi hanging upside down on the bed
Kristy in the chair
Claudia and Stacey standing with the bottle of cola!
I loved this book series and still do to this day!
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Well remembered! To be honest I'm not too familiar with the English names, since I read the books in a Dutch translation.
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Hehe, I've been reading the books to my nieces and my nephew seems to enjoy them too!
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how lovely that you read to your nieces and nephew! I would love to read to my nieces, but sadly they live too far away.
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Currently reading Claudia and The Phantom Caller such a great series! Β
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I'm afraid I stopped reading it about 20 years ago, but glad you're still enjoying it
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I love this. I can picture the meetings going on just like this. The Babysitters Club was my childhood! Thanks for making this. I love it.
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they were my childhood too
thanks for commenting!
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Whoa, talk about a blast from the past! Love it!
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Nice drawing! Love it. I am also a huge Baby-Sitters Club fan too. They also changed their names in the Quebec-French version, except for Claudia.
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In the Dutch version, all the names are different too; I had to look up the English names
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I was so hoping no-one would notice! I didn't read up on the girls' description, and I completely forgot Mallory wore glasses
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LOL
It's still cool, though.
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Oh my goodness! I adored those books when I was younger. I don't think I've ever seen art with them before, although I haven't really gone looking. I think some of my favorite ones were the larger special editions that came out every, say, 10 books or so? I always liked longer reads, and still do. I specifically remember the one where they all went to California, and one of Mallory's brothers was singing about some sort of cleaning product making you barf, or hurl or something...and how the girls were absolutely mortified. Anyway. Considering it's been so darn long since I've read them, I'm amazed I can still remember so much and pick out who's who! This is just amazing. All those details. Goodness. I adore this.Β
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thanks so much! I haven't read all the books, but I remember a special larger edition where they all went on a cruise, which I really enjoyed (though it must have been a pretty silly story 
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and yet again, i fall in love with the details..
great job! <3
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Oh I love this! I adored this series when I was younger, and you really captured the characters well.
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thank you so much! (I forgot Mallory's glasses though)
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I remember that series. Β I love your detailed pictures. Β This was the sort of illustration I used to look at for hours as a child. Β It still delights me.
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thanks so much! I probably overdid it with the details, but I enjoy adding things. It often makes my sketches pretty messy though.
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I like all the details! ^_^
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OH wow, this is perfect! I was completely obsessed with these books for ages.
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I remember being proud that I identified a little with each of them but I would have to say Claudia was probably my favorite, I remember trying to dress like her and to this day I hide candy in my room which I'm pretty sure was started by reading about her.Β
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lol @ the George Michael poster. Man, I was so into these books when I was about 8-11 years old.
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haha
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Part of growing up. You end up outgrowing some of the books you loved.
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I remember not being particularly interested in them when I was younger. I do know that this is great indeed
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thanks! I'm a little surprised I liked them so much. What did you read?
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Lets see...The Demon Headmaster series, Tomorrow When The War Began, The Tripods Trillogy (I was virtually addicted to them) Discworld, Animorphs, Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes...depended on what time you're talking about as well
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I only know some of them. I've been meaning to start on Discworld, but haven't gotten round to it yet. And I still read an Agatha Christie every now and then.
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