If You Like...The Baby-Sitters Club

Updated October 10, 2023
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Kristy's great idea
Martin, Ann M.
Paper Book
America's favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change...

Is the wait between BSC graphic novels agonizing? Try one of the 213 chapter books from the original series run (1986-2000).

Best babysitters ever
Cala, Caroline
Paper Book
A funny new middle grade series about three 12-year-old best friends who start a babysitting club in their small California town. Perfect for fans of series like Whatever After and the Dork Diaries. Once upon a time, a girl named Kristy Thomas had a great...

Not a graphic novel but still good!

Katie the catsitter
Venable, Colleen A. F.
Paper Book
NOMINATED FOR MULTIPLE STATE AWARDS! Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! Introducing an irresistible new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cats!)--perfect for fans of Guts, Awkward and Real Friends (not to...
Pet-sitting...for supervillains
Gabby gets it together
Fairbairn, Nathan
Paper Book
Are you a fan of Raina Telgemeier or Shannon Hale? Then don't miss PAWS, a new graphic novel series about best friends, cute dogs, and all the fun (and trouble) that comes with them. Perfect for fans of Real Friends, Roller Girl, and Allergic, this funny and heartwarming...

This is actually my #1 Baby-Sitters Club readalike suggestion! It has all of those "friends starting a business" vibes only with dog walking instead of babysitting.

Click
Miller, Kayla
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller comes a graphic novel about friendship and finding where you "click" in middle school, perfect for fans of Smile and Real Friends. Olive wants to get in on the act . . . . . . Any act! Olive "clicks"...

Have you ever struggled with feeling like you don't have a group to belong to? This one's for you.

Awkward
Chmakova, Svetlana
Paper Book
Penelope--Peppi--Torres, a shy new transfer student, wants nothing more than to fit in and find a place among her fellow artistically inclined souls. The last thing she wants is to stand out. So when she bumps--literally--into quiet, geeky, friendly but friendless Jamie Thompson, and is teased as...
While the focus is more on friendships (and rivalries) than the clubs, this series has a lot in common with the BSC!

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