I saw this babysitter’s club book at a used bookstall in Essaouira.
As you can see it is in French. I don’t know what the translation to le club des babysitters Melanie garde la tete froide is, probably not Melanie tries it with girls…
Anyway since it was french the character’s names were different too. I think that Melanie is the new name of Maryanne.
But wow I used to freaking love to read those books. The thrill I felt when I had a one I hadn’t read yet in my little hand. I used to scour the library shelves regularly. A couple of times I was even bought the new books! But that was a rare treat indeed.
I sometimes wonder how much those books affected me. For example in the babysitters club special edition when they went on a cruise (Babysitters On Board). Kristy was super excited and her stepsister Karen said how the air bridge when they walked on to the plane smelt like coffee. I swear that to this day every time I walk on an air bridge I smell it to see if it is coffee scented. So far it never has been.
In Mallory and the trouble with twins the girls all go to get their ears pierced.
Dawn got her ears pierced twice in each ear and I wonder if this influenced me to now have my two holes in each of my ears.
Yeah I’m just that sad.
So anyway my point and I do have one is that I discovered the babysitters club snark and ha! I nearly wet myself laughing. Its brilliant snark!
How did I not see how bad Claudia’s outfits were? That Janine was fucking Charlie when he drove Kristy over for the meetings? The cult like qualities of the BSC? Oh the sweet innocence of youth!
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