The Truth about Stacey: Full-Color Edition (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #2) by Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier - Paperback

I like it

I read all the Baby-sitter's clubs when I was a little girl and loved them. Strong young women, age-appropriate challenges. Overall super. We now have all the graphic novel versions for our kids, including our nine year old boy who likes them and our seven year old girl. I don't suggest getting only graphic novels for kids - I think there is something to reading a book with sentences arranged in a traditional way - but nonetheless the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels are well done and have helped to foster a love of reading and books in our home. It has actually resulted in the kids reading the older versions that I have from when I was little. The kid's liked getting to know about Stacey, that she was from New York (where they have visited), and I thought it was good for them to learn about Stacey's health problems to help them understand that people are different. They were able to relate it to some kids in their school who have health challenges. This one was illustrated by Raina Telgemeier and the kids like her a lot and have some of her other books. Some of the later BSC books are not illustrated by her and kids preferred her style, but like them all really.

My 8 year old loves the Baby Sitters Club Series. I wanted her to get into reading so I was looking for graphic novels to get her interested and encourage her into more reading.

My 13 year old recently discovered this series and loves both the printed and comic version.

Great book

今回はライバルとなる年上のベビーシッターが登場し そことのトラブルがいろいろあるようで。。。 そして毎回４人のうち一人にスポットを当ててるみたいで、 今回はステイシーという女の子です。 病気のことや喧嘩別れした友達とのことがテーマです。 話は面白く読み進められます。 少女達なりにそれぞれの悩みなどが「あ～そんなこともあったなぁ～」と 懐かしい気持ちになりました。 世代がちょうどの子なら共感するようなことが たくさんあるのでは。 よく見かける英会話教本よりもリアルな英会話を学べる感じがして良かったです。 「へぇ～。こんな時そんな風に言うんだぁ～」みたいに。 絵と一緒に読み進めてゆけるので文だけの英会話本よりも記憶にとどまり易かったです。 絵はシンプルだけど子供たちの表情はかわいらしいし、カラフルで見ていて楽しかったです。 読んでいる間なんだか自分もアメリカのとある町にいるような気分になれて それも読んでいて楽しかったひとつです。 早く次が読みたくなる♪