Ann M Martin Books in Order

While babysitting the Craine children, Mallory hears a cat in a house where no one owns a pet. Finding a white cat in the attic seems to solve the mystery, until more cries come from upstairs while the cat sits beside them.

Helping Stacey unpack, Mallory discovers an old diary inside an antique attic trunk. Its author lived in the house in the 1890s, and reading her words leads Mallory and the Baby-Sitters Club to investigate a mystery involving possible ghosts.

Mary Anne is fascinated by babies and begins caring for infant twins. A school project adds an egg baby that she and Logan must look after, giving her competing responsibilities and a closer look at how demanding caring for babies can be.

Mary Anne's kitten Tigger disappears, and the Baby-Sitters Club organizes a search and offers a reward. A letter demanding one hundred dollars for his return turns her worry into fear that someone has deliberately taken her pet.

Mary Anne wants to learn about the mother who died when she was a baby, but her father's grief makes questions difficult. Searching the attic for answers uncovers troubling evidence that sends her deeper into her family's past.

Five-year-old Olivia finds that her new neighbor Rachel is also in her kindergarten class. Living and learning alongside each other brings jealousy and competition, and the girls must work through those feelings if they are going to become friends.

Stacey eagerly welcomes her New York friend Laine to Stoneybrook for a week. Laine dismisses babysitting and sleepovers as childish, making Stacey wonder whether their different ideas about growing up will bring their long friendship to an end.

Stoneybrook Middle School stages Peter Pan, giving the Baby-Sitters Club a chance to take part in a major production. Kristy lands the title role, but Dawn's objections to the play's treatment of girls disrupt rehearsals and complicate the show.

Claudia returns home to find her room ransacked and some belongings missing. Janine's strange packages and lies to their parents add to the puzzle, prompting Claudia to enlist the Baby-Sitters Club in investigating what is happening inside her own house.

Stacey's parents decide to divorce, leaving her with a painful choice between her father's New York apartment and her mother's home in Stoneybrook. Returning to her Baby-Sitters Club friends is appealing, but choosing where to live also means leaving a parent behind.

Separated for vacations while Kristy is in the hospital, the baby-sitters use a chain letter to stay connected. This interactive book presents their letters, cards, notes, and gifts, letting readers explore the correspondence that carries news between the friends.

Claudia visits Stoneybrook's new museum and discovers that valuable coins have been stolen. Her suspicion that a displayed sculpture is also a fake draws the Baby-Sitters Club into investigating thefts and forgeries that threaten the museum.

Claudia risks failing English and feels that nobody understands how difficult school is for her. Babysitting Shea Rodowsky, who has his own learning difficulties, gives her a friend who shares her frustration and a reason to confront it.

Dawn is upset when Cheryl, the Great Dane she is pet-sitting, disappears without explanation. When Kristy's puppy Shannon also vanishes, Dawn suspects the dogs have been stolen and becomes determined to find them and uncover who is responsible.

Back in California for a surfing competition, Dawn learns that a surfer has disappeared, leaving a damaged board behind. Reports of a ghost riding the waves at night turn the beach visit into a mystery she must investigate.

Dawn loves her friends and stepfamily in Stoneybrook but increasingly misses her father and brother in California. Her decision to spend six months with them shocks the Baby-Sitters Club and raises difficult questions about family, friendship, and her eventual return.

Persistent exhaustion turns out to be mononucleosis, forcing Mallory to stay in bed and give up school, activities, and babysitting for a while. Missing the Baby-Sitters Club makes recovery especially lonely, while her friends struggle with another member's absence.

Stacey's move back to New York leaves the Baby-Sitters Club facing the loss of a close friend and member. Claudia is especially hurt, while the girls plan a farewell gift and wonder how the club will carry on without Stacey.

Mallory hopes to join the Baby-Sitters Club, but an intimidating first job and an impossible written test make membership feel out of reach. With new friend Jessi beside her, she considers starting a club that will recognize their abilities.

Jessi volunteers to help teach ballet and befriends fellow dancer Mary. As Mary's fixation on dieting becomes increasingly alarming, Jessi must decide how to respond to a secret that could put her new friend's health in danger.

With Dawn away and Mallory sick, the Baby-Sitters Club has more jobs than its members can handle. Jessi suggests her friend Wendy as a new sitter, but fitting Wendy into the club proves more complicated than expected.

Jessi travels to New York to see her friend Quint perform in his first ballet. Overhearing two men plan a jewel robbery interrupts her excitement and draws her into a mystery far beyond the dance stage.

Unprepared for surprise math quizzes, Karen copies answers from Ricky's paper. Denying it to her teacher and Hannie leaves her hiding a growing problem, afraid of what will happen if everyone discovers she has been cheating.

Karen spends three exciting days in New York City, visiting sights and enjoying the holiday season. She intends to bring Hannie and Nancy wonderful gifts, but time runs short before she has bought them anything.

Karen joins Hannie and Nancy for a week at sleep-away camp, confident that her previous visit makes her an expert. A night sleeping in the woods challenges that confidence and shows her camping can still hold surprises.

Karen is upset when her favorite doll, Hyacynthia, breaks a leg. Meeting a toy repairer gives her hope and inspires her to open a doll hospital of her own, turning an accident into a new project.

Karen decides that new classmate Addie, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, needs her as a best friend. Her constant attention soon threatens the friendship she hopes to build, challenging her assumptions about Addie's needs.

Inspired by a local editor, Karen and her friends start a neighborhood newspaper for children. Reporting secrets about the people around them seems exciting until angry neighbors make them face the consequences of what they print.

Being chosen queen of Pizza Express gives Karen a crown, publicity and an inflated opinion of herself. When her classmates grow tired of her behavior, she plans a huge pizza party to try to win them back.

Karen starts a school to teach Andrew and his friends to read and write. Her enthusiasm becomes bossiness, and students who refuse lessons and homework soon go on strike, leaving their teacher with a difficult problem.

A snow day gives Karen time off school and an idea for earning money by shoveling. Taking on more work than she can manage turns her new business into a problem that requires help from her friends.

Karen hopes to star in her class's Thanksgiving play but is cast as the turkey instead. Worried that everyone will laugh at her brief appearance in a brown suit, she starts planning a surprise of her own.

Karen has a painful toothache but is too frightened to visit the dentist. Hoping it will disappear on its own leaves her facing a choice between avoiding the appointment and finding the courage to get help.

Karen wants a flute when her class begins music lessons, but she receives a large tuba instead. Disappointed by both the instrument and its sound, she sets herself the challenge of becoming a skilled second-grade player.

Karen is thrilled when Ms. Colman asks her to be flower girl at her wedding. The arrival of the teacher's niece makes Karen worry that her special role may disappear before she ever walks down the aisle.

Karen and Andrew are enjoying Christmas preparations, from writing to Santa to decorating the tree. When their grandmother becomes sick and enters the hospital, Karen's excitement gives way to worry about her family and the holiday ahead.

The Lowell family welcomes Mary Anne but treats Claudia coldly and refuses to hire her again. Unable to understand what went wrong, Claudia turns to the Baby-Sitters Club for help uncovering the reason for their hostility.

A snowstorm and a broken-down car force Kristy and her softball team to seek shelter in a creepy mansion. Their overnight stay turns an ordinary team trip into an unsettling experience in a house that seems haunted.

Kristy creates a softball team for younger children, including accident-prone Jackie Rodowsky. A challenge from Bart's stronger team tests the Krushers' spirit, while Kristy's crush on the opposing coach makes the game even more complicated.

Kristy is excited when a neighboring family takes in foster child Lou. Babysitting her proves difficult as Lou's disruptive behavior frustrates the sitters, leaving Kristy struggling to connect with a child she cannot easily manage.

Kristy receives notes from a secret admirer and wonders who is sending them. When the messages change from romantic to creepy, she needs the Baby-Sitters Club's help to discover who's behind them and why they have changed.

Dawn hopes coaching Margo and Claire for the Little Miss Stoneybrook pageant will prove her value as a sitter. Other club members enter their own charges, turning a children's contest into a rivalry among friends.

Mary Anne agrees to help Mrs. Towne in exchange for sewing lessons, eager to be useful. Soon the arrangement leaves her overwhelmed with housework, and she must confront the difference between helping someone and being taken advantage of.

After throwing away a chain letter, Mary Anne blames it for the club's run of bad luck. A threatening note demanding that she wear a charm sends the sitters searching for the person behind the messages.

Mallory's father loses his job, and the Pike children try to earn money to help their family. Babysitting for the wealthy Delaneys makes Mallory especially conscious of what she lacks, deepening her worries about the family's finances.

The whole Baby-Sitters Club joins the Pikes on their Sea City vacation, bringing beach outings, dates and babysitting jobs. While the friends enjoy the seaside, an approaching hurricane threatens to turn their holiday into an emergency.

Stacey discovers that a ten-dollar bill she received is counterfeit, just as fake money begins circulating in Stoneybrook. Worried that a client may be involved, the sitters investigate before the mystery damages their club's reputation.

Stacey and Charlotte hear frightening noises from the old Hennessey house. Reports of nightmares and a graveyard beneath the building persuade the Baby-Sitters Club to investigate whether Stoneybrook really has a haunted house on its hands.

Claudia is delighted when her lively, pregnant Aunt Peaches moves to Stoneybrook. Spending time together promises fun, but Peaches's behavior gets Claudia into trouble and strains a relationship she had expected to bring only happiness.

Claudia photographs the Stoneybrook Bank simply because she likes its appearance. When the sitters learn it was robbed that same day, she begins examining her pictures for a clue the police may have missed in their investigation.

A magazine's personal ads inspire Claudia to start a similar column for children in her school newspaper. Hoping the project will help her meet a perfect boyfriend, she takes a new approach to finding romance.

Dawn witnesses a holdup, and the investigation threatens the children's Halloween trick-or-treating plans. She and the We Love Kids Club decide to pursue the robber themselves, hoping to solve the crime and rescue the celebration.

Publicity makes Dawn's relaxed California babysitting club famous and overwhelms it with new jobs. An unwelcome surprise from her father adds to her troubles, making the move she thought would bring happiness feel far less appealing.

Dawn is paid to keep twelve-year-old Whitney company, and the two become friends. Whitney, who has Down syndrome, does not know about the arrangement, leaving Dawn worried about what learning the truth could do to their bond.

Visiting California reunites Dawn with her father, brother and friend Sunny. Beaches, healthy food and another babysitting club make staying tempting, but choosing California would mean leaving her mother and the friends she has in Stoneybrook.

While helping the Kids Can Do Anything Club, Jessi meets Danielle, a nine-year-old with cancer. Danielle's hopes of visiting Disney World and finishing elementary school inspire Jessi to look for a way to help her.

Karen loves the winter adventures her new babysitter, Bart Taylor, plans for her and Andrew. Developing a crush on him makes an invitation to watch a video at his house seem like a possible date.

Karen attends circus camp, eager to try costume making, animal training and tightrope walking. Befriending the circus owner's daughter introduces her to the harder side of a life spent traveling, beyond the excitement of performing.

Karen's older brothers refuse to include her in their activities, leaving her furious about being left out. She decides to stop speaking to every male in her family, hoping her protest will make the boys regret their behavior.

Karen hopes her flying-fish kite will win the class's kite-flying contest. A quarrel with Natalie turns their classmates against her, forcing Karen to deal with damaged friendships while preparing to compete for the prize.

Karen and Andrew enjoy a magician's performance, until Andrew realizes his special penny has not been returned. Believing the coin has disappeared for good, he needs Karen's help to understand what really happens in a magic trick.

During a visit to Sea City, Karen tries to impress a bossy girl by claiming she has seen a mermaid. A mysterious note apparently from the creature complicates her boast and leaves her wondering what to believe.

Karen is thrilled to start riding the school bus, but her excitement turns into an embarrassing bout of sickness. When other children begin teasing her, the journey she anticipated becomes something she dreads every day.

Spending more time at her father's house brings Karen new chores and unfamiliar rules. Trouble adjusting makes her blame her stepmother Elizabeth, threatening their relationship as Karen tries to understand her place in the busy household.

Audrey decides she and Karen should pretend to be twins, and Karen initially enjoys the idea. But Audrey's copying grows relentless, leaving Karen frustrated as her friend imitates her clothes, speech, and appearance rather than being herself.

Karen and Andrew enjoy having two families but miss their father because they spend less time at his house. Wanting equal time with both parents, Karen looks for a way to change the arrangement.

Kristy looks after child actor Derek Masters while a television movie is filmed in Stoneybrook. When threatening letters demand that he leave the production, her babysitting job becomes an investigation into who wants him gone.

Mallory expects babysitting the Arnold twins to be straightforward after years of caring for her siblings. Marilyn and Carolyn instead confuse her identities and misbehave, challenging her confidence as she tries to handle a difficult regular job.

Mallory needs quiet time for an important writing project, but her younger siblings continually demand help. Feeling trapped as the family's constant babysitter, she goes on strike to make everyone recognize how much responsibility she carries.

Mallory becomes a part-time assistant to her favorite author for a school project, eager to explore connections between the writer's life and work. Discovering troubling details about Henrietta Hayes's past challenges her admiration and threatens the assignment.

Mary Anne tries to persuade fussy Jenny Prezzioso to join a kickball team, hoping to get her involved with other children. Jenny refuses, and the other players object too, leaving the babysitter caught between competing expectations.

Mary Anne helps children choose books for a library readathon, then small fires interrupt the fundraiser. With police confirming arson, she investigates who would threaten the library and the many young readers gathered there.

Mary Anne invites Logan to spend time with a boy missing his divorced father, without asking the child's mother. When the parent finds him there, a well-intentioned decision threatens Mary Anne's standing and the club's reputation.

Shannon works hard at school to earn a class trip to Paris, while her mother's increasing involvement frustrates her. Learning that Mrs. Kilbourne plans to chaperone the journey turns an anticipated reward into another struggle for independence.

Stacey watches the Johanssens' house and dog while they are away, but unusual signs suggest someone else is inside. Warm appliances, unexplained rubbish, and the dog's behavior prompt her and the club to investigate the apparent intruder.

The babysitters take jobs at Washington Mall for a school class, expecting an enjoyable change of routine. Expensive thefts and a frightening incident at Stacey's workplace raise concerns about safety and draw the club into investigating.

Asked to write an autobiography for school, Stacey looks back through childhood memories and photographs. Her account covers life before diabetes, her parents' divorce, and joining the club, including early adventures and trouble with her friend Laine.

Stacey chooses a family vacation destination because her boyfriend will be there, keeping that motive from her father and Claudia. As she invents further lies to spend time with him, relationships and the holiday begin to unravel.

A dull summer essay assignment prompts Kristy to suggest a more interesting topic: each babysitter's most vivid memory. The friends look back on important moments from their lives, sharing experiences that reveal more about how they became themselves.

Eric and Amanda watch a fire truck respond to an emergency in their neighborhood. Curious about the people and equipment behind the rescue, they visit the firehouse to learn how firefighters carry out their work.

A series of dangerous incidents makes the babysitters suspect someone is targeting the club. A ski weekend fails to provide an escape, and new clues leave them wondering whether the threat comes from someone in their past.

Four babysitters travel to Maine to care for six children in a large seaside house awaiting an inheritance. Screams, unexplained lights, and a ghostly figure turn the visit frightening as the girls try to protect their charges.

Claudia's drama class writes a Thanksgiving play for younger pupils, adding changes that the children enjoy. Objections from parents and teachers threaten the production, leaving the students caught between creative freedom and disappointing their young performers.

Claudia notices how different she is from her sister Janine, then discovers that childhood photographs and records seem to be missing. Searching for her birth certificate and announcement leads her to question what she knows about her family.

Claudia enters a Stoneybrook baking contest and brings the babysitters along, only to have her carefully prepared cake fail. Suspecting tampered ingredients, she investigates a pattern of sabotage that makes the competition increasingly dangerous for its participants.

After a fight with Stacey, Claudia enters a contest to host a children's radio program and wins. Her excitement falters when she learns that a rival art student will be her partner, testing their ability to work together.

Claudia tackles a school autobiography assignment despite struggling with writing. Revisiting childhood on Bradford Court brings memories of birthdays, friendships with Kristy and Mary Anne, and fears about the tooth fairy into her account of growing up.

Dawn initially enjoys parts of School Spirit Month, but enthusiasm turns hostile toward pupils who do not participate. Seeing Mary Anne become afraid of school, she challenges pressure that is dividing students instead of bringing them together.

A school autobiography project sends Dawn back through memories of California and Connecticut. She recalls meeting her friend Sunny and early babysitting successes and mistakes, considering the experiences that shaped her life before and within the club.

Dawn misses California and feels drawn to return there permanently, but leaving Connecticut means difficult conversations with her friends. She struggles most with telling Mary Anne, her stepsister and close friend, that their shared life will change.

Jesse investigates a sudden rise in shark attacks near Misty Island and discovers that the Machine is placing special bait in the area. The mystery draws him into confronting a deliberate threat to the island's waters.

Jessi babysits Danielle, whose parents are so relieved that their daughter is home despite leukemia that they allow her unusual freedom. When Danielle's behavior becomes dangerous, Jessi faces the difficult task of challenging those permissive boundaries.

This activity book brings together jump rope rhymes about friendship, counting, and Karen Brewer's friends. Instructions cover double Dutch and group games, while space for readers' own rhymes lets them add new verses to their jumping routines.

Karen and Andrew choose an angel for the family Christmas tree, spending more than they expected. When the decoration breaks, they must find a replacement despite having no money left and little time before the holiday.

Karen feels jealous when her father gives Kristy a special pin and refuses to let Karen borrow it. Taking the heirloom without permission brings a worse problem when she loses it while playing in the snow.

Karen moves her struggling lemonade business from outside her house to softball practice, where customers finally appear. Success takes her attention away from the game, angering Kristy and forcing Karen to balance sales with her team's needs.

Karen and Andrew join the St. Patrick's Day parade, where a green-clad organizer claims to be a leprechaun. His tales of rainbows and hidden gold fascinate Karen, but believing them could lead her into trouble.

Karen believes Mrs. Porter's granddaughter Druscilla must be a witch, just like her grandmother. Convinced she needs protection, she devises a good luck spell, letting her suspicions turn an ordinary visit into an alarming encounter.

Charlie builds a frightening monster for the Halloween parade, and Karen is uneasy around it. When the creature disappears, she thinks it has come alive and must help her stepbrother find it before the parade begins.

Karen decides to make a movie to cheer up her sick grandad, casting her friends in starring roles. Problems on the set soon leave everyone angry, and her kind gesture becomes a challenge to her friendships.