{"product_id":"we-are-the-baby-sitters-club-essays-and-artwork-from-grown-up-readers-9781641604901","title":"We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We Are the Baby-Sitters Club is the ultimate companion guide for a generation of devout superfans. This book revisits the beloved series through grown-up eyes--but never loses the magic we all felt the moment we cracked open a fresh new book. BSC forever!\" \u003c\/b\u003e--Lucia Aniello, director and executive producer of The Baby-Sitters Club Netflix series \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA nostalgia-packed, star-studded anthology featuring contributors such as Kristen Arnett, Yumi Sakugawa, Myriam Gurba, and others exploring the lasting impact of Ann M. Martin's beloved Baby-Sitters Club series \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1986, the first-ever meeting of the Baby-Sitters Club was called to order in a messy bedroom strewn with RingDings, scrunchies, and a landline phone. Kristy, Claudia, Stacey, and Mary Anne launched the club that birthed an entire generation of loyal readers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnn M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club series featured a complex cast of characters and touched on an impressive range of issues that were underrepresented at the time: divorce, adoption, childhood illness, class division, and racism, to name a few. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn We Are the Baby-Sitters Club, writers and a few visual artists from the original BSC generation will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved series, thirty-five years later--celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include Paperback Crush author Gabrielle Moss, illustrator Siobhán Gallagher, and filmmaker Sue Ding, as well as New York Times bestselling author Kristen Arnett, Lambda Award-finalist Myriam Gurba, Black Girl Nerds founder Jamie Broadnax, and Paris Review contributor Frankie Thomas. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021, We Are the Baby-Sitters Club looks closely at how Ann M. Martin's series shaped our ideas about gender politics, friendship, fashion and beyond. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641604901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marisa Crawford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40190501159093,"sku":"9781641604901","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7d8fdf15-5dad-4ef0-ab32-56e3597292e5.jpg?v=1623130897","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-are-the-baby-sitters-club-essays-and-artwork-from-grown-up-readers-9781641604901","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}