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Gale Galligan & Ann M. Martin: 2019 National Book Festival

Gale Galligan and Ann M. Martin launched their new book "The Baby-Sitters Club: Boy-Crazy Stacey" and discussed The Baby-Sitters Club series at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Gale Galligan is a cartoonist and graduate of New York University and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her graphic novel adaptations of Ann M. Martin's "The Baby-Sitters Club" series have received wide acclaim and soared onto the New York Times and USA Today best-seller lists. Her comics have appeared in the "Game Boss" and "Transitions" anthologies. Kirkus praised Galligan's "The Baby-Sitters Club" adaptations and called them "a worthy addition to the series." Library Journal said, "Galligan easily shifts between giggles with friends and more emotional scenes, always retaining the upbeat, earnest tone of the original." Her new book, written by Ann M. Martin, is "The Baby-Sitters Club: Boy-Crazy Stacey," the seventh in the "Baby-Sitters Club" series. Ann M. Martin is the author of the beloved "The Baby-Sitters Club" series, one of the most successful series in publishing history with more than 176 million copies in print worldwide. It has been adapted into a TV series and a feature film, and it has prompted girls around the world to start their own baby-sitters clubs. The New York Times hailed Martin as "a genius in communicating with girls. ... [She] gets children to read." Time magazine praised the "The Baby-Sitters Club" series, calling it, "must-read literature for preteen girls." Her other acclaimed novels include "A Corner of the Universe," which won a Newbery Honor; A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray," "Belle Teal," and the "Main Street" and "The Doll People" series. Martin has also collaborated on other works, including her new graphic novel with Gale Galligan, "The Baby-Sitters Club: Boy Crazy-Stacey." For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8821