Age for babysitters club books?

[Anonymous]

When did your kids start reading these? 8 year old, 2nd grader, got it from the school library and is now asking for more. I loved them as a 10 year old but I also watched All My Children with my grandmother! I will read through it too, but just wondering what others have done. It's the graphic novel if that matters.
Tia

[Anonymous]

We never restricted books based on age (I just figured the kids would do as I did and stop reading any book that was too intense or that was boring because it described things they weren't yet ready to understand). My kids started reading those around the age of 6-8, between K and 3rd grade depending on the kid. We were fine with that, but if you find the Babysitters Club books too mature, I know they have a spin-off series geared towards younger readers. I think it's called something like Babysitter's Little Sister, so maybe that might be more suitable.

[Anonymous]

My DD is 9 and is obsessed with babysitters club! which pleases me to no end! She talks about Claudia Kishi, learned how to talk pig latin, and takes the quizzes at the end of the books

She began reading the Little Sisters ones in the second grade and tore through them! Then I recommended the regular series and she began eating those up too!

There is talk of boys and dating, which doesn't bother me because it's pretty innocuous.

I have had to order through Ebay because they only have the graphics ones in print at B&N, etc. My DD doesn't like graphics book so we order them online and get big boxes of them at a time.

[Anonymous]

i need to read

[Anonymous]

They are ok. Not terrible or inappropriate, but encourage the non graphic novel ones. The graphic novel ones have a lot of sassy girl attitude

[Anonymous]

That's about the right age.

[Anonymous]

I started at 8 in 1987 and my DD started at 8. She’s 10 now. She’ll go through 5-10 of them in a go on a Kindle if we’re on a flight or if she’s been reading a lot of heavy or quality stuff.

The writing level is really accessible for an 8 year old but some of the books have topics like abandonment, death, divorce, first periods, etc so when my DD first started I told her to come back to the ones about Claudia’s grandma and Kirsty’s Big Day.

The Netflix series is fabulous and true to the OG early books.

[Anonymous]

PS agree that you shouldn’t read the graphic novel ones. Find the original chapter books. Just as accessible and way better.

[Anonymous]

I’m an elementary librarian and the only one I ever had any complaints about was Boy Crazy Stacey (kissing) Kids usually start with the little sister books around 1st grade.

[Anonymous]

I won’t lie, some of the books do have content that I found, and still do find, pretty deeply unsettling. Great books but yes they do get frightening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I won’t lie, some of the books do have content that I found, and still do find, pretty deeply unsettling. Great books but yes they do get frightening.

Glad it's not just me. Some books just aren't for kids. I stopped my 9 year old at the one with the wedding cover. I didn't read it, but I figure if people have reason to be cautious of books with homosexual marriage, then straight ones seem equally as extreme.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I won’t lie, some of the books do have content that I found, and still do find, pretty deeply unsettling. Great books but yes they do get frightening.

The mystery ones or something else? I see there are a lot of them now but I aged out when there were only 20 or so of the books so I think I missed the jump-the-shark phase.

I vaguely remember a questionable crush-centric one with 12 year olds throwing themselves at older lifeguard types on a beach vacation to Cape Cod or something? Is that what you mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I won’t lie, some of the books do have content that I found, and still do find, pretty deeply unsettling. Great books but yes they do get frightening.

Glad it's not just me. Some books just aren't for kids. I stopped my 9 year old at the one with the wedding cover. I didn't read it, but I figure if people have reason to be cautious of books with homosexual marriage, then straight ones seem equally as extreme.

Excuse me? This dehumanizes homosexuals, period. It’s not right, they’re people just like us.

[Anonymous]

7+

[Anonymous]

I know we are supposed to encourage any reading, including graphic novels. But I told my kid I would only buy the full length versions. She was buying the graphic novels and then finishing in 30 minutes!

If your DD reads the books and then watches the Netflix show, it’s a fun way to compare the two. The episodes are each about one book, I believe. DD and I loved watching the show together.

I was obsessed with the books in 3rd/4th grades, and it was really fun to see my daughter into them too. She has aged out now, unfortunately.