Ms. Turtle babysits for three little frogs when their parents go out for the evening.

Left in the care of his older sister, a boy begs her to read his favorite book but she is too absorbed in her own reading even to notice when a tiger comes to life in the steam from his soup.

A discarded chain letter augers a series of bad events for Mary Anne, who is plagued by bad luck and a threatening note demanding a midnight meeting on Old Man Sutcliff's grave.

Staying with Mrs. Noodlekugel while their father competes to become a speed knitter, Nick and Maxine are surprised by the return of Captain Noodlekugel, who practices his animal-taming skills on a rather untrainable bear.

Stacey invites her Baby-sitters Club friends down for a weekend in New York City, but the big city creates big problems for the girls.

"Laurelie, a young art student who suffers in the aftermath of a sexual assault, has grown progressively more isolated and fearful. She transfers from her busy city university to a small college in rural Vermont, where she retreats into her vivid imagination, experiencing the world through her art. Most comfortable in the company of the child for whom she babysits, and most at ease in the woods, Laurelie has shunned any connection with her peers....

Stacey McGill has a difficult time, because her parents are unwilling to accept the fact that she has diabetes.

Mr. Nogginbody discovers that babysitting is much more difficult than he imagined, but also how much more fun it can be to act like a child than to be the grownup.

Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth.

Claudia takes a baby-sitting job looking after Betsy, a girl who is known for her practical jokes, and when one of Betsy's pranks results in a broken leg for Claudia, her baby-sitting days may be through.