Who created the Baby-Sitters Club? If you guessed Ann M. Martin, you're correct!

I was riding my bike over to the library to return the books I borrowed plus I volunteer there only twice a month: first Tuesdsys and last Thursdays. They know I have club meetings. My neighbors, Kayla and her twin, Kaylee Willis were with me. They wanted to help out today. When we got there, I returned the books and we went to the Children's Section where Ms. Ellway and Ms. Feld are librarians there.

I'm Mary Anne Spier of Stoneybrook, CT. I just turned fifteen last month. I'm an tenth grader at Stoneybrook Middle School. I grew up with my dad who raised by himself after my mom died when I was a baby and after my grandparents raised me in Iowa for a period of time until I was about eighteen months old. He was overprotective until recently.

He started dating an old girlfriend of his from high school named Sharon Schafer, who sadly, got divorced. She moved here from California with her children, Dawn, who is my best friend, & Jeff, who unfortunately, moved back there. Sharon grew up here, which is why she decided to move back here. Then Sharon and Dad ended up getting married! So, now Dawn and I are stepsisters.

My very first best friend is Kristy Thomas, whom I grew up with right next door to her. Kayla and Kaylee, who are my other two best friends, came from New York City. They're African-American and have six siblings; another set of twins, Daniel James (D.J.) and Mario, a set of triplets; Robert, Roberta, and Berta, and Mary Jane (M.J.). I always visit NYC with them every other weekend and have a swell time.

At the library and in the Children's Section, Ms. Ellway seems to be very busy that day.

"Hi, Mary Anne, I'm so glad you're here. I really need your help. Can you check-out the books and help every other child for me? Ms. Feld is out with a cold today," said Ms. Ellway.

"Not a problem. My friends, Kayla and Kaylee, can help me. I'll check out the books and they can help the kids to pick them out," I told her.

"Thank you so much, girls. I'll help you around. Can you stay until the library closes?" asked Ms. Ellway.

"Certainly," I said.

"Thank you," said Ms. Ellway.

Let me tell about the club and my friends,

Kristy is my childhood best friends. She lived next door to me with her mother and three brothers. She has two older brothers, Charlie & Sam and one younger brother, David Michael. And now her whole family moved across town. The kids also added their stepfather, Watson Brewer, who's the millionaire and owns a mansion, two cutest stepsiblings, Karen & Andrew, and an adopted baby sister, Emily Michelle. Their grandmother moved in to help out. Her father moved back here. She visits him every weekend.

She got the idea The Baby-Sitters Club (BSC) when her mother tried to call every sitter for David Michael. Her two other ideas are Kid-Kits and the notebook.

We use Kid-Kits when we sit on any ideas or if the kids miss their parents and needed to be entertained. They're our lifesavers. The notebook is where we write our summaries each time we baby-sit so we'll know what's going on. Helpful? Technically, yes, but to be honest, it can be a pain to write it in.

I was behind the desk when a few kids were there to check out the book as I stamped the due dates in a flash. I'm very fast and like Dad, I'm organized. That's why I'm the secretary. I keep track things like my friends' schedules and stuff. I never made a single mistake.

Then I saw my favorite client, Jenny Prezzioso with her two little friends, Mary and Jane. They were returning the books.

"Hi, Jenny," I said.

"Hi, Mary Anne!" Jenny exclaimed with her indoor voice. "What are you doing here?"

"I volunteer here first Mondays and last Thursdays of every month," I told her. "I have to stay until six p.m. when the library closes because Ms. Feld is out today with a bad cold."

"I'm here for arts and crafts with Mary and Jane," said Jenny.

"Have fun," I said.

She's the reason my dad loosen up. When she was three, she had a fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit! I couldn't reach anyone including my own dad. Dawn, who was my new friend, came to the rescue when she told me to call 911 and took Jenny to the hospital by an ambulance. My dad was very proud of me. That was when he changes my sitting hours: nine-thirty p.m. on school nights and ten p.m. on weekends. I get to wear my own clothes and my hair the way I want. I don't go overboard like my dad did to me.

Thirty minutes later, Jenny came out and showed me what she made. It was a rainbow house.

"We get to draw our dream house. I'd like to have a rainbow houses because they have pretty colors," said Jenny.

"That's a pretty house," I commented.

"Get back here, little miss drama queen," a boy said.

"Don't talk to her like that," I said. "Especially in the library. She was just showing it to me."

"That's right, so you go back, Billy," Jenny told him. "Besides our art teacher gave me permission."

Jenny can be smart for a four-year-old. She went to her art teacher to tell him what Billy called her.

"Isn't that nice for him to say?" asked the art teacher. "I'm going to get his mother he's going to be banned from here for awhile."

Jenny came back out to be with me.

"Can I please stay out here to be with you until Billy leaves?" asked Jenny.

"Of course you can, honey," I replied. "You can come behind the desk to help me to check out some books."

"I am not leaving!" yelled Billy.

"Stop the yelling. Use your indoor voice please," I told him.

"Thank you," his mother said. "You are leaving and not coming back here for awhile until you can stop calling people their names."

She picked him up and left there.

"Boy, no wonder why no one likes him at my daycare," Jenny told me.

"I remember you telling me that and you weren't sure why," I said.

"I know and I found the answer," said Jenny.

"That was rough," replied Kaylee.

"Billy needs to learn to behave," added Kayla.

"I agree," said Jenny.

Mary came out and said, "Come on, Jenny. You're safe from him now. No one should be rude or calling my friend's names."

She took Jenny's hand as they went back to the room.

"Mary is a good friend to Jenny," said Kayla.

"So is Jane," I added.