Scholastic Canada – Baby-sitters on Board! Book Tour

Baby-sitters Club Forever! Exclusive Canadian Event! Don’t miss this special evening with bestselling cartoonists Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan for the ONLY Canadian stop on the BABY-SITTERS ON BOARD! book tour.

During this interactive presentation, fans will hear all about how Raina and Gale created their brand-new graphic novel adaptation, The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #1: Baby-sitters on Board!, and will leave inspired to write and draw their own stories.

Immediately following the presentation, there will be photo-op with the creators in the lobby. One photo per family.

Important notes on the event: This event is for ages 8 and up There are two ticket options: one price ($20) is ticket-only, and one price ($36.00) includes a ticket, the new book, a signed bookplate, and a BSC Tote Bag.

For those who purchase the ticket that includes the book, you will be given your bag before you enter the theatre. There will be an additional selection of books available for purchase in the lobby, courtesy of Indigo Books.

PLEASE NOTE: there will be no signing of books at the event, so no need to bring books from home this time! About the book: New York Times bestselling authors Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan team up and return to The Baby-sitters Club — both Raina and Gale adapt and illustrate this super special graphic novel!

Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi are the luckiest baby-sitters in the world.

This summer, they’re going on what is sure to be the best vacation ever: a plane ride to Florida, a cruise to the Bahamas on an extravagant ship, and then back to Florida for three days of fun at a huge amusement park! The BSC has a million adventures, of course.

And they still have time for what they like best of all — baby-sitting! About the creators: Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award–winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood.

She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, and, with Scott McCloud, the cocreator of The Cartoonists Club. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at goraina.com .

Gale Galligan is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator of Freestyle, Fresh Start, and four Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations. When they aren’t making comics, Gale enjoys knitting, drumming, and spending time with their family and pets in Pearl River, New York.

Gale is a founding member of the Comics Advocacy Group, dedicated to making careers in comics more accessible and sustainable. Visit them online at galesaur.com .