Dawn'sCalifornia baby-sitting club is perfect for her. The We ♥️ Kids Club holds informal meetings, they eat healthy snacks, and they don't keep records. And now, after being interviewed by the local newspaper and TV station, the We ♥️ Kids Club is famous!
But fame is not easy for Dawn and her friends. Their laid-back club is swamped with business. And Dawn's father has just sprung a gigantic—and awful—surprise on her. Dawn thought that moving back to California was going to be a good thing. But now there's not one good thing about it.
Summary[]
At one point, Dawn steals her dad's credit card and buys a plane ticket back to Connecticut after her dad announces his engagement to Carol.
Subplot[]
Kristy attempts to get the BSC on television when she gets jealous of the attention the We ♥️ Kids Club got in California.
Sunny was teaching Jill how to surf while in Dawn's Book, Dawn says that Jill's the best at surfing.
Kristy forgets to call a meeting to order, supposedly "a first in BSC history." Although she called a meeting to order at 5:35 (five minutes late) in Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise.
Dawn says that Kristy never apologizes, when it's mentioned that Kristy is really good apologizing in previous books.
Ann M. Martin's Dear Reader Letter[]
Dear Reader,
In Dawn and the We ♥ Kids Club, we get an inside look at a different baby-sitting club. Guess what. In the years since the Baby-sitters Club series began, lots of kids who read the books have started their own clubs. Some of them are real businesses, with names such as Wee Care and Kids Are Us. Some of these businesses are modeled after the Baby-sitters Club, others are run differently. Some last for many years, some are short-lived. Every now and then the members of a baby-sitting club come to a store where I’m signing books, and I meet other real-life Dawns and Kristys and Jessis. Running a business can be difficult, though, and it takes a lot of hard work. For that reason, many kids have started other kinds of clubs. They meet regularly to have fun, and talk about books.
By the end of Dawn and the We ♥ Kids Club, Dawn and her friends realize that while baby-sitting is a business, the business runs better when it’s relaxed and fun. That’s how any club should be!
Trivia[]
Stoneybrook is in southwestern Connecticut.
Dawn's dad got a promotion when she was in 6th grade.
The TV station that does the story is WPCN. In reality, stations begin with K when they're west of the Mississippi River.
Mr. Schafer makes a great vegetable chimichangas.
The W ♥ KC has a health-food cookbook, and each of the club members keeps a file of personal recipes that we update all the time.
Kristy tries to get the BSC on television and the radio.
Stephie doesn't like Erick and Ryan but likes their mother.
The last time Mr. Schafer had made a big announcement, Dawn was in sixth grade and he had gotten a big promotion. It was one of the last times she saw her parents happy together.
Dawn ate chicken on the airplane ride.
The W ♥ KC is pronounced as the We Love Kids Club, not We Heart Kids Club.