Connecticut Public has a new podcast: "Generation: Baby-Sitter’s Club."

It explores the beloved middle-grade series by Ann M. Martin, about four friends who start their own babysitting business.

Since its debut in the 1980s, The Baby-Sitter’s Club has grown into a publishing phenomenon, inspiring spinoffs, TV adaptations and a hugely popular series of graphic novels.

This hour, we explore how the series has evolved for new generations of readers, and why graphic novels are having such a moment.

We’ll talk with a children’s librarian and a graphic novelist about how these books are made, why young readers love them, and what they can teach us.

Guests:
Daniela Doncel: Connecticut Public's Latino Communities Reporter and host of the podcast, "Generation: Baby-Sitter's Club"
Kym Powe: Children and Young Adult Consultant, Connecticut State Library
Maria Scrivan: Connecticut-based NYTimes best-selling author and cartoonist, author of the "Nat Enough" series

Connecticut Public has a new podcast: <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/podcast/generation-baby-sitters-club">"Generation: Baby-Sitter&rsquo;s Club."</a>
It explores the beloved middle-grade series by Ann M. Martin, about four friends who start their own babysitting business.
Since its debut in the 1980s, The Baby-Sitter&rsquo;s Club has grown into a publishing phenomenon, inspiring spinoffs, TV adaptations and a hugely popular series of graphic novels.
This hour, we explore how the series has evolved for new generations of readers, and why graphic novels are having such a moment.
We&rsquo;ll talk with a children&rsquo;s librarian and a graphic novelist about how these books are made, why young readers love them, and what they can teach us.
Guests:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/people/daniela-doncel">Daniela Doncel</a>: Connecticut Public's Latino Communities Reporter and host of the podcast, "<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/podcast/generation-baby-sitters-club">Generation: Baby-Sitter's Club</a>"</li>
<li>Kym Powe: Children and Young Adult Consultant, <a href="https://ctstatelibrary.org/">Connecticut State Library</a></li>
<li><a href="https://literary-arts.org/bio/maria-scrivan/">Maria Scrivan</a>: Connecticut-based NYTimes best-selling author and cartoonist, author of the "Nat Enough" series</li>
</ul>

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Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.