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The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #18
Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter: A Graphic Novel
A Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by National Book Award longlister and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ellen T. Crenshaw!
The Mancusis don't have any kids... but they sure do have a lot of pets! So when they're desperate for a sitter, who do they call? The Baby-sitters Club! Kristy feels pretty sure that the BSC does not pet-sit. But Jessi has always liked animals, and she talks Kristy into being okay with her taking the job.
With snakes on the loose and sick hamsters, Jessi's got plenty of pet-sitting troubles, and things don't get any easier when she and her friends get into a big fight. Will Jessi be able to handle her pet-sitting job when things are going wrong with the baby-sitters, too?
The Mancusis don't have any kids... but they sure do have a lot of pets! So when they're desperate for a sitter, who do they call? The Baby-sitters Club! Kristy feels pretty sure that the BSC does not pet-sit. But Jessi has always liked animals, and she talks Kristy into being okay with her taking the job.
With snakes on the loose and sick hamsters, Jessi's got plenty of pet-sitting troubles, and things don't get any easier when she and her friends get into a big fight. Will Jessi be able to handle her pet-sitting job when things are going wrong with the baby-sitters, too?
144 pages, Paperback
First published October 7, 2025
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November 6, 2025
I like the baby Sitters Club, but this one is not my favorite, I feel like most of this book they were fighting and Complaining about there jobs and then they even had a vote for who should have each job.
November 28, 2025
This was a very cute book, with adorable illustrations!
October 25, 2025
I like Jessi and this novel job.
Getting weird vibes off of the 2025 Mallory friendship subtext. The club hits rock bottom in a vitriolic blowout that was not relaxing- then an absurdist conflict resolution also giving weird vibes. There’s kind of a loss of innocence shift happening and I’m not down with it.
Getting weird vibes off of the 2025 Mallory friendship subtext. The club hits rock bottom in a vitriolic blowout that was not relaxing- then an absurdist conflict resolution also giving weird vibes. There’s kind of a loss of innocence shift happening and I’m not down with it.
December 28, 2025
Read this in one sitting. I love the expressions on the character's faces when dealing with the snake. I felt like there was something missing-the baby sitting with the other kids. I get they wanted to focus on Jessi and the animals for the main plot. Love the way the characters are drawn and getting to see all the animals.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 8, 2025
The pets were such a fun story line for my 9 year old and me.
November 1, 2025
Five stars for the book, one star for Stonybrook’s lax pet ownership bylaws
December 21, 2025
I was really excited about this one because I couldn't wait to see all of the Mancusi animals. However, the illustrations in this one left something to be desired, and as such it ended up being one of my least favorites in the series, which is a bummer.
Also, what year is this supposed to take place in? The parrot quotes "Where's the beef" just like in the original book, but then immediately quotes a commercial about texting and data. Um, what? You can't have it both ways.
One nice little bit of continuity, though: Jessi and Mal are both shown wearing their open-book earrings, which made me smile.
Also, what year is this supposed to take place in? The parrot quotes "Where's the beef" just like in the original book, but then immediately quotes a commercial about texting and data. Um, what? You can't have it both ways.
One nice little bit of continuity, though: Jessi and Mal are both shown wearing their open-book earrings, which made me smile.
October 9, 2025
Please don’t keep hamsters in the same cage. They fight to the death.
November 8, 2025
The Babysitters Club graphic novels are fun and easy to read. The series is a definite crowd-pleaser whether for young readers new to the BSC or old readers soaking in the nostalgia of an illustrated revisit. This book showcases Jessi as a pet sitter and the club having conflict over their officer roles. As usual I loved the art and color. The plot left a bit to be desired as the officer conflict was drawn out, frustrating and only mildly satisfying in its resolution. The pet sitting was interesting (though maybe not too surprising). I missed some of the usual babysitting hijinks with the kids. Overall this was solid and worth a read but not the best of the collection.
November 2, 2025
2.5 stars, rounded up. This is just average, and it annoys me that the creators won't commit to a time period. The girls gather in Claudia's room for their meetings so that they can take calls on her corded landline phone, since the rest of them don't have personal phones. This is plot-relevant to this particular story as well, and is not just a background detail. But then a parrot who keeps quoting things from commercials says, "Unlimited texting with no data cap!" SERIOUSLY? That kind of anachronism makes no sense, and is completely unnecessary.
November 29, 2025
It didn’t have all the story details about the book and all the speech bubbles were to the MAX FILLED!
With words so TINY you can’t read any.
STOP THE REST IS SPOILERS
The animals in the house were to simply drawed
AGAIN THE ART SUCKS when we first see Jesse wakes up MOST OF HER FACE IS BLANK I never look at the author name but ever since Reina made the books well technically at 6 all the art after was so bad well at 16 it was even worse then this one but the rest is good I like the stop telling.
With words so TINY you can’t read any.
STOP THE REST IS SPOILERS
The animals in the house were to simply drawed
AGAIN THE ART SUCKS when we first see Jesse wakes up MOST OF HER FACE IS BLANK I never look at the author name but ever since Reina made the books well technically at 6 all the art after was so bad well at 16 it was even worse then this one but the rest is good I like the stop telling.
October 20, 2025
I had no idea that the Baby-Sitters Club now included a “Pet-Sitter”. I know lots of young readers who are going to adore this new twist in the “Baby-Sitters Club”, the graphic novel series! Jessi is dealing with dogs, cats, a parrot, cockatiels, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, and even a snake. Of course, all does not go smoothly at the Mancusi household while they are gone! Lots of laughter as well as great tips for pet-sitting . . . All kids will enjoy!
December 24, 2025
2 stars (It was okay)
I didn't love this one. I will likely still get it for my library because I don't think there was anything objectionable but just not my favorite.
1) I don't like how the snake is vilified. They won't even pick him up when he gets out.
2) I didn't love the illustration style. Many faces lacked details
3) Kristy being bossy is way over the top.
so yea, not my fav.
I didn't love this one. I will likely still get it for my library because I don't think there was anything objectionable but just not my favorite.
1) I don't like how the snake is vilified. They won't even pick him up when he gets out.
2) I didn't love the illustration style. Many faces lacked details
3) Kristy being bossy is way over the top.
so yea, not my fav.
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November 12, 2025This will always be one of my favorite series to return to. As I've mentioned before, the books where the BSC aren't getting along are always my least favorite, so I was grateful to spend this book in the perspective of Jessi who was mostly removed from the drama. I'm very impressed by Jessi's pet sitter skills, not so much with the Mancusis pet ownership.
November 24, 2025
A quick, easy read.
I'll preface this by saying I know that, as someone on the older end of being a young adult, I'm far from being the intended audience for this book--decided to read it as I've read all the previous graphic novels in this series--but some parts of the book seemed too easy and too juvenile. That said, I'm giving it four of five stars because I think there were some good lessons throughout the book, especially about delegating tasks and voting (and the importance of fair elections!).
I also enjoyed the interspersed nuggets of wisdom some of the kiddos shared with their babysitters!
I'll preface this by saying I know that, as someone on the older end of being a young adult, I'm far from being the intended audience for this book--decided to read it as I've read all the previous graphic novels in this series--but some parts of the book seemed too easy and too juvenile. That said, I'm giving it four of five stars because I think there were some good lessons throughout the book, especially about delegating tasks and voting (and the importance of fair elections!).
I also enjoyed the interspersed nuggets of wisdom some of the kiddos shared with their babysitters!
December 1, 2025
I adore Jessi Ramsey’s character so much! She and Mallory are both such sweethearts! Which makes sense because I loved them just as much in Ann M. Martin’s original Babysitter’s Club chapter books. Jessi is such an awe inspiring character for young girls, the way she handles so many things in her daily life with a smile and a courageous heart. I also liked the addition of the pet sitting in this book.
November 30, 2025
This will be the first BSC graphic novel I rate under 5 stars. Feeling a bit bad doing so, love the pets, but the drama in this story is just definitely puts this at the lowest level of favorites for this series. The artist for these graphics is great, it’s just probably one of my least favorites of styles for the babysitter’s club girls.
December 3, 2025
Another great addition to this graphic novel series!
Our grade 3-6 students love this series, and they were SO excited to read this one.
Having the "pet-sitter" theme is awesome, as many of them have been enjoying other "pet-sitting" themed stories & graphic novels.
They love the illustrations- colourful, realistic, and expressive.
Another hit :)
Our grade 3-6 students love this series, and they were SO excited to read this one.
Having the "pet-sitter" theme is awesome, as many of them have been enjoying other "pet-sitting" themed stories & graphic novels.
They love the illustrations- colourful, realistic, and expressive.
Another hit :)
December 30, 2025
Not bad, but I feel like the later we get in the series the more repetitive the plot lines get, and the less we get of the main character’s out-of-work personal life conflict. It was a little boring but Jessi is one of the sweetest in the group so it was nice to see her thought process! I relate to her heavy
January 4, 2026
I thought that the fact that Mrs. Mancusi had so many so many pets that Jessie had to take care of while they were on vacation was crazy! I also liked the drama, and how Kristy was trying to be the boss and the rest of the babysitters club didn’t like that. I also liked the twist, which was that one of the hamsters was pregnant!
September 30, 2025
This was so good! I also struggle with being bossy because I feel out of control sometimes and being worried about voicing my opinion, so it definitely hit home. Also all the animals were drawn so cute!
October 4, 2025
Review by Coco 6YO:
I was very keen on the book and I didn’t know where it go next. I finished the whole entire thing today. It was very lovely reading. J’aime j’aime j’aime. Goodbye readers. 🩷💖💗🐶🐹🐱🐰🐍🐢🐠🦜
I was very keen on the book and I didn’t know where it go next. I finished the whole entire thing today. It was very lovely reading. J’aime j’aime j’aime. Goodbye readers. 🩷💖💗🐶🐹🐱🐰🐍🐢🐠🦜
October 13, 2025
Great
Very,very colorful. Which will retain the attention of the reader and or listener.
Contents is true to reality. Hats off to those who ba sit. Or should I say those who has the courage.
Very,very colorful. Which will retain the attention of the reader and or listener.
Contents is true to reality. Hats off to those who ba sit. Or should I say those who has the courage.
October 23, 2025
Jessi gets asked to babysit for some pets in this interesting graphic novel. I read the print version of this pretty recently and I thought this was just an average one. The plot was just OK and the side plot about the babysitters club fighting seemed very familiar to me.
November 17, 2025
Exactly what you would expect from BSC: girls working hard on something together, some conflict, and a happy resolution. This one involved Kristy overstepping some power and the BSC taking on pet sitting. Happy ending, easy read.
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November 29, 2025An amazing book but wasn't the best I've seen but great job
I loved the story I would give HR this rating cause it wasn't the best I've ever seen I would recommend this to any child older than 7-8
I loved the story I would give HR this rating cause it wasn't the best I've ever seen I would recommend this to any child older than 7-8
January 1, 2026
I really liked the book! The art style was really cute, but it made the Sitters look like really young kids, not middle schoolers. It was a bit hard to take them seriously. Other than that, the book was really cute and fun, and I'm excited to read the next one!!
September 19, 2025
Nice addition to the BSC graphic novel series. Jessi is the most easygoing of the bunch.
October 14, 2025
Cute graphic novel
I enjoyed it. It’s cute and positive. The storyline is intriguing as well. I’d probably look at the other ones in this series when I want to enjoy a short read.
I enjoyed it. It’s cute and positive. The storyline is intriguing as well. I’d probably look at the other ones in this series when I want to enjoy a short read.
October 14, 2025
Super cute! I loved seeing all the animals and all the chaos, and I'm always happy to get a Jessi-centric book. (She's my favourite sitter this decade of my life lmao.)
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