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August 12 – Happy Birthday, Ann M. Martin!

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nWhennAnn M. Martin was too little to write, she was already dictatingnstories to her mom, who wrote them down for her. I wonder if her momnrealized, “Hey, my little girl will probably grow up to be anbest-selling author”?

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nThatnlittle girl became a student at Smith College, a teacher, an editornof children’s books, a full-time writer, and THEN a best-sellingnauthor!

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nHernseries The Baby-Sitters Club sold 176 MILLION copies!!

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nThisnis not made any less amazing when you realize that Martin only wrotenthe first 35 books in the series before a staff of “ghost writers”nstarted working on the series. After all, that staff WAS working withnthe characters and format and even “voice” that Martin hadnalready established. n

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nBynthe time the series ended, there were 213 books in the series, andnMartin wrote between 60 and 80 of them.

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nThenbooks, which were published between 1986 and 2000, were so popularnthat there were several spin-offs, including “Baby-Sitters LittlenSister” books (more than 100 in that series!) and graphic novels,nplus a TV series and a film.

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nAnnnM. Martin also wrote two novels-in-letters – P.S. Longer LetternLater and Snail Mail No More – with author PaulanDanzinger, plus loads of other non-Baby-Sitters Club books. Her booknA Corner of the Universe won a Newbery Honor in 2003.

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nHavenyou ever enjoyed a book series? Which one?

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nAlsonon this date:

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nInternational Youth Dayn

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nNationalnMiddle Child Day


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nWorldnElephant Day

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nVinylnRecord Day

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nAnniversarynof the discovery of the largest T-Rex

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nAnniversarynof the extinction of the quagga

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