Amy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #27: Jessi and the SuperbratI like k-pop, and because I like k-pop, I am inundated with emails and Tweets about contests to win five minutes with your favorite idol. I…Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Amy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #25: Mary Anne and the Search for TiggerLogan Bruno and I have been off to a rocky start. He started out okay, but then he compared Mary Anne to other girls and generally…Dec 3, 20211Dec 3, 20211
Amy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #18: Stacey’s MistakeI have never been to New York City. I would like to visit someday, particularly the Natural History Museum because I love dinosaurs…Jun 1, 2021Jun 1, 2021
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #21: Mallory and the Trouble With TwinsMy sister and I are only separated by a year and because we are so close in age, sometimes relatives gave us matching gifts, particularly…Sep 7, 2021Sep 7, 2021
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #17: Mary Anne’s Bad-Luck MysteryIt’s easy to ascribe your troubles to an unseen force. Toss your problems to the wind — there’s nothing you can do to change your luck, so…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Amy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #16: Jessi’s Secret LanguageI wish I knew about linguistics when I was eighteen. Maybe I knew about linguistics when I was eighteen, I wouldn’t have entered…Apr 3, 2021Apr 3, 2021
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #14: Hello, MalloryBeing a kid sucks. There. I said it. No “Cult of the Child” Victorian bullshit here. You don’t get to do all the great things that adults…Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021
Amy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #15: Little Miss Stoneybrook . . . And DawnThere’s no point in trying to conceal my bias — I think child beauty pageants are creepy and gross. I don’t like the idea of forcing…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #2: Baby-sitters’ Summer Vacation by…My experience with summer camp comes exclusively from friends, horror movies, and that episode of The Simpsons where Lisa and Bart go to…Sep 22, 2022Sep 22, 2022
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #12: Claudia and the New GirlI don’t understand kids and I certainly don’t understand babysitting. There. I said it. I read these books, but I could never babysit now…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Amy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #13: Good-bye Stacey, Good-byeSeparation is difficult, especially when you’re a child and another city might as well be another country. If your best friend moves to…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #1: Baby-sitters on Board!A few years ago, after learning that my partner’s parents took him to Disneyland while he was a baby, my partner and I decided to take a…Mar 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #10: Logan Likes Mary Anne!My first boyfriend was in first grade. His name was Michael. We went into the corner of the school and held hands and kissed. After a…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #11: Kristy and the SnobsI wasn’t there when my childhood pet died. His name was Sammy, and he was a gorgeous Australian Shepherd. He died while my family and I…Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2021
InCuriousbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club NotebookHey! Hey you! I see you there, browsing the internet while 12-year-olds steal income through babysitting. Why would people choose a…Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #9: The Ghost at Dawn’s HouseThe neighborhood kids once feared me. When I strolled up and down the street with my dark clothes, fortune-telling paraphernalia, and a…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #8: Boy-Crazy StaceyComplete candor upfront — growing up, I had a difficult time relating to Stacey McGill. I had something in common with every other…Nov 15, 2020Nov 15, 2020
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #7: Claudia and Mean JanineI have a sister. She’s one of my loyal readers. She’s also younger than me. When we were kids, she was active, popular, artistic, and had…Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #6: Kristy’s Big DaySo far, I have written all of these retrospectives before Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club series has aired. Those reviews, even the ones…Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020
InRereading My Childhood by Amy A. CowanbyAmy A. CowanRereading My Childhood — The Baby-Sitters Club #5: Dawn and the Impossible ThreeSometimes I wonder how people function. I mean, how specific people function. They always ask you for a pen, as if the idea that they…Sep 17, 20201Sep 17, 20201
