The Baby-Sitters Club is a series of children's books by American author Ann M. Martin. Beginning in 1986, the series follows a group of eighth grade girls who start a baby-sitting business. The series ended in 2000, consisting of over 200 books; 176 million copies of the series were printed by the publisher, Scholastic. Beginning in 2006, some books were adapted into graphic novels by Scholastic's imprint Graphix. A prequel was released in 2010, and a new novel was released in 2026. While Martin wrote many of the books herself and provided outlines for the entire series, many of the books were ghostwritten by various authors.
The Baby-Sitters Club