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Scholastic: Thanks, but no thanks. I'll keep m...

2010-10-08T20:48:26.275-04:00

Scholastic: Thanks, but no thanks. I'll keep my old covers, thank you very much. NOT.

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2010-08-15T12:12:47.962-04:00

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Oh my gosh... I'm only 11, but when I was 8 or...

2010-03-29T16:51:26.577-04:00

Oh my gosh... I'm only 11, but when I was 8 or 9 my mom gave me some of her books and I was hooked on them. I love the old covers! Those new ones are hideous!

thank God people are selling their used copies on ...

2010-03-21T20:07:42.562-04:00

thank God people are selling their used copies on amazon---the new ones are awful. i need to reread all my favorite bsb books again after finding your blog! i love the halloween one where dawn's in california (no claud, but lots of health food and celebrities!). BSB mystery #17

ugh, those new covers are horrid. I have a seven y...

2010-03-17T23:32:40.084-04:00

ugh, those new covers are horrid. I have a seven year old and she is getting into the BSC. I spend time scouring Op Shops for them. i dont think i would bother buying the new ones.

The original cover were way cuter. They shouldn&#...

2010-03-04T16:52:58.946-05:00

The original cover were way cuter. They shouldn't be messing with the books anyway. How else will people know to have crushes on lifeguards at the shore?

I've just discovered your blog and have spent ...

2010-03-02T17:50:55.083-05:00

I've just discovered your blog and have spent the past hour reading old posts. I was obsesssed to BSC as a kid (especially Claudia) so I'm feeling an effinity here. Wonderful writing too!

The Heartbreak

I go to Ringling College for Illustration and my p...

2010-02-20T20:14:33.333-05:00

I go to Ringling College for Illustration and my painting teacher, Hodges Soileau did all the illustrations for baby sitters club!!! He brought in all the originals and they are amazing! He's in his 60's, and he has since stuck to painting personal interests but I'm sure he's happy to know his work reached so many people. He has the originals just sitting in his basement so maybe you can email him about getting some! just letting you know..

http://hodgessoileau.com/blog/ << check it

As an artist and an old school BSC lover I HATE th...

2010-02-11T14:02:55.881-05:00

As an artist and an old school BSC lover I HATE that cover. Were I the age market these books were aiming for, I wouldn't buy it because nothing about it looks interesting. Having the girls on the cover and acting like teenage girls made me interested in it back in the day. This is a bad marketing move, Scholastic...what happened, you guys used to be GOOD publishers. This isn't even going into the fact that it just looks cheap.

oh my gosh! i LOVE the BSC!! have they been reprin...

2010-02-09T14:52:53.777-05:00

oh my gosh! i LOVE the BSC!! have they been reprinted??? do you know where I can get them? :DD

ughh gosh the new cover is hideous though!! why didn't they just keep everything the same?!

Oh. My. God. WHY.

2010-02-09T14:39:19.890-05:00

Oh. My. God. WHY.

Was there a contest for how many typefaces and ali...

2010-02-08T20:00:53.902-05:00

Was there a contest for how many typefaces and alignments they could cram into one book cover?

Hey, design students. When your teacher asks you to bring in an example of a "bad design", look no further than the re-released BSC books!

Barf. Horrible cover.

2010-02-08T18:21:14.706-05:00

Barf. Horrible cover.

Damn Scholastic, why you gotta do me like that? O...

2010-02-08T15:35:20.976-05:00

Damn Scholastic, why you gotta do me like that?

On the plus side, I'm visiting my parents and found some old BSC books stowed away. They remain fantastic.

Olive

www.VisforOlive.blogspot.com

I agree with you entirely. These covers are awful,...

2010-02-08T04:06:47.109-05:00

I agree with you entirely. These covers are awful, they look cheap and they have a definite mid-nineties clip art feel to them. While I love the idea of the books being re-released I really don't dig the updated language - I feel they should be left alone as examples of a time and a (admittedly fictional) place. Too late now I guess.

I didn't realize that Scholastic was using MS ...

2010-02-08T00:40:43.096-05:00

I didn't realize that Scholastic was using MS Paint for cover art these days.
Tsk, tsk.

I'm glad someone else out there is unimpressed...

2010-02-07T17:41:48.821-05:00

I'm glad someone else out there is unimpressed with Scholastic's "reboot." You know, when I dug my dad's books out of my grandmother's basement as a kid, I spent weeks puzzling over what in the world a "jalopy" could be, and why did the Hardy Boys care about Chinese junk? AND I WAS DAMN HAPPY TO DO IT. UPHILL. IN THE SNOW. BOTH WAYS. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN.

Seriously, though. I'm glad someone eise is unimpressed by Scholastic's idea of a renewing the series, and saddened that they think so little of the current generation of kids.

Ugh....I hate the idea that I'm getting these ...

2010-02-07T15:05:53.852-05:00

Ugh....I hate the idea that I'm getting these for my niece's ninth birthday and we won't be able to bond over the covers!

I don't think that the barf cover itself will ...

2010-02-07T14:07:43.658-05:00

I don't think that the barf cover itself will be enough to spurn all the original fans, but... yeah, pretty barf. I agree, it's so lazy that I'm surprised that Scholastic couldn't hire a design team decent enough to know that lavendery pink with a notebook and pencil with cheesy font is boring. :/

Sigh, Claudia wouldn't like this.

http://charmalade.blogspot.com

Fail. I'm an elementary teacher and was thinki...

2010-02-07T13:02:04.791-05:00

Fail.
I'm an elementary teacher and was thinking I would purchase the redesigned ones when they became available... Alas, looks like it is time to start scrounging around at thrift stores for 'classic' copies for my classroom.
Sigh.

Not cool, Scholastic, not cool.

2010-02-07T12:44:57.524-05:00

Not cool, Scholastic, not cool.

The handwritingy font is just awful, and the first...

2010-02-07T12:34:08.928-05:00

The handwritingy font is just awful, and the first cover is pretty damn lazy. But I have to admit, I kind of like the third one: it has a sort of '60s, almost Mad Men feel to it. (Admittedly, putting a '60s-style cover on a 2010 reissue of an '80s book makes no sense at all.)

I feel even worse than I did when I saw the redesi...

2010-02-07T12:18:21.522-05:00

I feel even worse than I did when I saw the redesigned Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake.
the renegade bean

word.

2010-02-07T12:13:02.673-05:00

word.