Most Popular Books by Ann M Martin

Stacey quits the club, but suddenly realizes that her new "friends" are using her as a cover for their drinking, shoplifting, and other ideas of summer fun.

Eleven-year-old Rose is autistic and struggles to understand her classmates. But when her father gives her a stray dog, which she names Rain, the dog becomes her best friend, her anchor in a confusing world. So when Rain goes missing during a storm, Rose refuses to stop looking for him... A touching story from the beloved author of The Baby-Sitters Club. Selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club in April 2016

The Baby-Sitters Club nyt tv-sarjana Netflixissä! Kokeneet lastenvahdit, Susan ja Anne on palkattu kahdeksi viikoksi auttamaan Piken kahdeksanlapsista suurperhettä. Koko konkkaronkka lähtee meren rannalle, missä heitä odottavat valtava huvila, upea hiekkaranta ja monenlaiset huvitukset. Rantaelämä on ihanaa, vaikka lapsikatraan vahtiminen käykin työstä. Tyttöjen välit alkavat kiristyä, sillä Susan ei tee osuuttaan -- hänellä on aikaa vain Scottille, ihanalle hengenpelastajapojalle... Ann M. Martin (s. 1955) on amerikkalainen kirjailija. Hän on aiemmin työskennellyt erityisopettajana ja kustannustoimittajana.

Trying to help her hard-working father and twin sister to adjust to life in Stoneybrook, Abby Stevenson becomes the newest member of the Baby-sitters Club and shares her first adventure.

Stacey starts dating a jock basketball player and falls in with a super-cool crowd, including the cheerleaders who ask her to try out for the squad.

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! Dawn and Mary Anne are so excited! Logan''s cousin Lewis is finally coming to town, and Mary Anne is busy planning the perfect double date. But now Dawn is starting to get worried. She''s written letters to Lewis, but she''s never had a boyfriend before. What if Lewis doesn''t like her?That''s when Dawn decides she needs a new image. New clothes, new hairstyle, and maybe just a little more makeup (or a lot). Maybe she should learn how to flirt a little. But will Lewis and the rest of the Baby-sitters like the new Dawn?The best friends you''ll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! The Baby-sitters just love little babies. So of course Kristy has the great idea of entering a float in the Stoneybrook Baby Parade. All the girls have to do is round up a bunch of adorable babies like Squirt and Emily Michelle, dress them in costumes, and plop them on a float. Easy, right?jWrong. The float looks like a big orange blob, the costumes are hideous, and the babies won''t stop crying. S.O.S.--the Baby-sitters'' float is about to sink!The best friends you''ll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

Originally published in paperback by Scholastic Inc. in 1986.

Claudia is so delighted by the arrival of her newborn cousin, the firstborn daughter of her favorite Aunt Peaches, that she volunteers to help and becomes more than a bit of a nuisance when she offers a wealth of child-care advice.

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by newcomer Cynthia Yuan Cheng! Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne''s even more worried -- what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note''s instructions. But who sent the charm? And why did they send it to Mary Anne? The BSC might never see an end to their bad luck if they don''t solve this mystery soon!

Their skis, skates and snowsuites are packed and the Baby-sitters are headed for the mountains.

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! It was good for Mary Anne and Logan to break up for a while. Mary Anne had some time to herself, and she''s been having lots of fun with her friends. But now Mary Anne can''t help it. She misses Logan.When she and Logan are both assigned to study their favorite author, Mary Anne thinks it will be the perfect, most romantic way for them to get back together. Until Cokie Mason, Mary Anne''s mortal enemy, decides to steal Logan from her!The best friends you''ll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Oh, brother!Karen and David Michael have been getting in a lot of fights. Karen does not like her stepbrother one bit. At least Karen can get away from him at school. But now David Michael might join Karen’s class. Oh, no. He will pick on her all day. How can Karen keep David Michael away?

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! "Please come to my sleepover!"Karen’s having her first sleepover ever! She and her friends are going to tell spooky stories, try on makeup, and raid the refrigerator. But then Karen and Nancy get into a big fight. Karen doesn’t want Nancy to come to her party. A new girl comes instead, and she has no fun! What will Karen do now?

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! Kristy''s not too happy with some things at Stoneybrook Middle School. The hot lunches, for example, look like dog food, and Mary Poppins is such a babyish choice for their annual play. What the eighth grade really needs is a new class president. Someone who''s organized and has great ideas--someone like Kristy!But can Kristy coach a softball team, keep up her grades, baby-sit, run the BSC, and be president? The Baby-sitters are about to find out!The best friends you''ll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

It''s a summer change for the Baby-sitters Club, with major changes in the look and focus of Ann M. Martin''s classic series. Throughout the summer, members of the club share feelings about who they are and where they are going in a special journal. Four members drop out of the club, bringing the group back to its original characters: Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey. Four Friends Forever.

Deciding that she wants to move back to California permanently, Dawn worries about what she will say to the rest of the baby-sitters, who do not understand when they hear the news secondhand.

Learning that her friend and English partner Amelia Freeman has died in a tragic accident during spring break, a devastated Mary Anne is unable to overcome her sorrow and decides to do something special to remember her friend.

The Baby-Sitters Club -sarja kesällä 2020 Netflixiin! Lisan äiti on menossa naimisiin, ja häihin on tulossa runsaasti perheitä -- eli lastenvahtikerholaisille pukkaa keikkaa! Hääjärjestelyt vievät aikaa ja aikataulu on tiukka. Osa sukulaisista saapuu jo viikkoa ennen häitä auttaakseen valmisteluissa. Ja heidän mukanaan tulee neljätoista pientä lasta! Kuka huolehtii lapsista sillä aikaa? Tietysti lastenvahtikerho The Baby-Sitters Club! Lisalla, Annella, Valeriella, Susanilla ja Violetilla on edessään todellinen vauhtiviikko. Ann M. Martin (s. 1955) on amerikkalainen kirjailija. Hän on aiemmin työskennellyt erityisopettajana ja kustannustoimittajana.

Jessi discovers that one of the girls in her dance class is anorexic, and she and her friends soon learn about the seriousness of the illness.

America''s favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. Jessi knows a secret language She learned it from Matt Braddock, the BSC''s newest charge. Matt''s been deaf since birth, and he uses sign language to speak. Since Jessi is Matt''s baby-sitter, she''s been using sign language, too. Soon all the kids in Stoneybrook want to learn to sign . . . which keeps the Baby-sitters busy. Jessi''s the busiest of all: she working on another secret just for Matt. Will she be able to keep the secret and pull off her special event?

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! Dawn thinks studying ecology is so cool. For a science project, she and Stacey are even teaching an ecology class for some of their baby-sitting charges. It''s fun to get kids excited about cleaning up the Earth.But Dawn isn''t through yet. She wants to start a recycling center at SMS. The BSC is all for it, but Dawn needs a lot of help. And lately she''s been so busy lecturing people about being environmentally responsible that no one can stand being around her. Poor Dawn. She''s trying to do a good thing--but she''s driving everyone crazy!The best friends you''ll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

While helping restore an abandoned country club, Abby and the Baby-sitters Club become entangled in a decades-old murder mystery involving a secret blackmailing ring that was once based there.

While visiting Stoneybrook''s new museum, Claudia is horrified to learn that someone has stolen some priceless coins and replaced them with forgeries.

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Well, we all had to do it. Write our autobiographies, that is. And this is mine. I dug way back in my memory and came up with lots of stories. There was the fateful time in kindergarden when I didn''t know whom to invite to our Mother''s Day tea party. There was the time I desperately wanted glasses, and of course there were the adventures with my friends Kristy and Claudia. But mostly I remember my father, because he''s always been there for me. Always and forever.

Teenager Maggie Blume struggles with not being perfect in this spin-off from the Newbery Award–winning author’s Baby-sitters Club series. Straight-A student Maggie might seem perfect, but in reality, her life is anything but. There’s not much she can do about the demands her dad puts on her, her mother’s alcoholism, or her insecurity about following her passion for music—but she can control what she eats. As Maggie’s friends begin to worry that she has an eating disorder, she’ll have to face the fact that she might have a problem being perfect won’t solve . . . The next chapter following Ann M. Martin’s bestselling Baby-sitters Club series, the California Diaries are the first-person journals of Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, Amalia, and Ducky—five teenagers dealing with the ups and downs of growing up. This collection includes the complete set of Maggie’s three California Diaries.

Everyone''s favorite baby-sitters are back -- with everyone''s favorite trip to the beach! It all started with Kristy''s great idea and became a worldwide phenomenon! Now Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are back, with a fresh new look for a new generation of readers to discover. The Pike family is taking a two-week vacation at the Jersey Shore, and Stacey and Mary Anne get to go along to help out! Two weeks of sun, sand -- and the cutest lifeguard Stacey has ever seen! Mary Anne knows that Scott the lifeguard is way too old for Stacey, but Stacey is in love. How can Mary Anne help her friend -- without Stacey ending up with a broken heart? Burst: One of the bestselling Baby-sitters Club titles of all time!

America''s favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. Claudia''s not worried when she hears her newest baby-sitting charge, Betsy Sobak, is a great practical joker. After all, how much harm can one little girl do? Plenty. Claudia breaks her leg as a result of one of Betsy''s mean jokes... and now she''s talking about quitting the club. Baby-sitting, she says, is just too dangerous. Kristy thinks Betsy needs to be taught a lesson. She also thinks the Baby-sitters are just the ones to do it. Watch out, Betsy Sobak! The joke war is on!

Everyone in the Baby-sitters Club remembers Lou McNally as the worst kid ever. But now she''s back and, to Abby''s surprise, acting a little too perfect.

Pep rally, a big game...some of the kids are getting too involved in School Spirit Month. They make fun of the people who don''t participate.

The Baby-Sitters Club nyt tv-sarjana Netflixillä! Anne ei ole enää yhtä arka ja ujo kuin vielä vuosi sitten, mutta kokonaan hän ei ole päässyt ujoudestaan. Se huomataan, kun kuvioihin astuu kiva uusi oppilas nimeltään Bruno. Lisäksi Brunokin on halukas toimimaan lastenvahtina ja tulee tutustumaan kerhon kokoukseen. Lasten vahtiminen ei aina suju ilman yllätyksiä, mutta tyttöjen syksyyn mahtuu muutakin jännitystä: koulun tanssiaiset lähestyvät... Ann M. Martin (s. 1955) on amerikkalainen kirjailija. Hän on aiemmin työskennellyt erityisopettajana ja kustannustoimittajana.

May include an excerpt of Mary Anne Saves the Day.

The Baby-Sitters Club -sarja kesällä 2020 Netflixiin! Anne, Valerie, Susan ja Lisa ovat kokeneet yhtä ja toista hullua sitten lastenvahtikerhon perustamisen. Silti he säikähtävät pahan kerran, kun keikoille alkaa tulla outoja haamusoittoja. Valerie on varma, että langan päässä on Aavesoittaja, lähiseudun taloja ryöstellyt rosvo. Valeriesta on aina ollut mukava lukea jännitystarinoita, mutta toista on joutua keskelle niitä... Lastenvahtikerholaiset ovat onneksi neuvokkaita tyttöjä ja keksivät keinot. Ann M. Martin (s. 1955) on amerikkalainen kirjailija. Hän on aiemmin työskennellyt erityisopettajana ja kustannustoimittajana.

May include an excerpt of Mary Anne Saves the Day.

Autumn comes to Camden Falls -- bringing new friends, new teachers, new worries, and new challenges.It''s autumn in Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby are just starting to settle into the town. Flora is worried about spending the first Thanksgiving without their parents. Ruby is worried about getting a part in her school musical. And their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are facing problems of their own. But the friendship that ties them together will also give them the strength to work things out -- one stitch at a time.

Claudia and the Baby-Sitters investigate after she’s accused of cheating in this whodunnit from the charming hit series. For once, Claudia’s studied really hard for her math test. And when she gets her paper back, it has an A- on it. All right! But then Claudia’s math teacher calls her to his desk and accuses her of copying off of Shawna Riverson’s test. Claudia can’t believe it, and neither can the Baby-sitters. Claudia would never cheat! And they’re not going to rest until they help clear Claudia’s name! The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

America''s favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. Oh, no! Stacey McGill is moving back to New York! That means no more Stoneybrook Middle School, no more Charlotte Johanssen, and worst of all...no more Baby-sitters Club! Stacey''s friends are crushed when they hear that Stacey''s moving, Claudia most of all. Stacey was her first best friend. How will the Baby-sitters cope without Stacey? What kind of going-away present is good enough for someone as special as she is? But most important... ...Who is going to be the next member of The Baby-sitters Club?

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! When Jessi volunteers to help supervise the Kids Can Do Anything Club, she meets nine-year-old Danielle. Danielle has a beautiful smile and a great sense of humor. And she has cancer.Jessi has never met anyone like Danielle before. Even though she''s very sick, Danielle is courageous and hopeful. She even has two wishes. The first is to go to Disney World. The second is to graduate from elementary school. Jessi knows she has to be strong for Danielle, and so she makes a very special wish of her own.The best friends you''ll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!