Cross-media picks for Ann M. Martin fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
For fans of The Baby-Sitters Club and Ann M. Martin's warm, character-driven fiction, these picks share a common thread: young people — often girls — navigating friendship, family, and responsibility together. Whether it's a tight-knit group launching a shared venture, a cross-generational bond deepening over a quiet summer, or a teen holding a household steady, the emotional core is the same: care given, tested, and renewed.
Film
Babysitter's Black Book
Teen girls turn their babysitting business into something far more complicated — ambition and consequences follow.
Film
The Baby-Sitters Club
Seven junior-high friends run a daycare camp while working through every classic adolescent growing pain together.
Film
The Summer Book
An eight-year-old girl and her grandmother share a summer at the family island house — tender and fleeting.
Film
The Borrowers
Tiny people survive under the floorboards by resourcefully borrowing from the residents above — a charming adventure.
Film
Dream House
A family relocates to a quiet New England town and uncovers a dark history hidden inside their new home.
Film
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Four lifelong best friends take their book club to Italy — a girls' trip that turns into an adventure full of secrets.
Film
The Babysitter's Seduction
A babysitter is gradually drawn into a widower's household after his wife dies — a slow-burn drama of family and boundaries.
Film
Rumor Has It...
A woman discovers her family inspired a famous novel and film, and must reckon with identity, history, and belonging.
Series
The Baby-Sitters Club
Five best friends launch a babysitting business in this contemporary, warm-hearted adaptation of the beloved series.
Series
Mama is a 4th Grader
A fourth-grader suddenly responsible for a mysterious baby — family and growing-up collide in this anime comedy.
Series
The Lying Game
Twin sisters swap lives across very different upbringings, untangling identity, loyalty, and what family means.
Series
Pages of Life
A young woman discovers she is pregnant and returns home — a family drama about sacrifice, duty, and difficult choices.
Series
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Imaginary friends find a foster home of their own — a joyful, tender show about belonging and being remembered.
Series
Love Endures
Seven childhood friends navigate the pressures of exams and life, bound by a promise and enduring loyalty.
Series
All Her Fault
A mother arrives to collect her son from a playdate and the woman at the door is a stranger — propulsive child-safety suspense.
Series
What's for Dinner?
Sisters and a loveless marriage: a Korean family drama about women quietly carrying the weight of household life.
Game
Tiny Bookshop
A cozy narrative game about running a tiny seaside bookshop — slow, purposeful, and full of quiet community.
Game
Lynne
Fifteen-year-old Lynn balances GCSEs with family chaos — an intimate portrait of a teen holding everything together.
Game
Carpe Diem
A short, bittersweet story about a young man spending time with a girl who isn't quite what she seems.
Game
Emily Wants To Play
A late-night pizza delivery leads to a strange, boarded-up house — tense, atmospheric horror with a sinister twist.
Game
A Memoir Blue
An interactive poem about a superstar athlete and the all-encompassing love between a mother and her daughter.
Game
Allumette
A young orphan in a city above the clouds grasps for hope after tragedy — loosely inspired by a classic fairy tale.
Game
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Claustrophobic animatronic horror set in a surreal pizza world — survive the night among unsettling mechanical hosts.
Game
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
Young people gifted with divine powers band together to protect their world — friendship and duty under pressure.
Book
Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever
Girls run a babysitting club while navigating the personal and family challenges that come with each new job.
Book
Kristy and the copycat
Karen idolises her big stepsister Kristy — until she discovers Kristy isn't quite the role model she imagined.
Book
The Baby-Sitters Club
Five girls work together as a babysitting team, sharing responsibility and earning money side by side.
Book
Babysitting bandit
Nancy Drew and her friends babysit identical twins and find themselves untangling a mystery along the way.
Book
Dear Pen Pal (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #3)
A scholarship offer and the fear of leaving friends behind tests every bond in an eighth-grade book club.
Book
Stacey's Movie
Stacey discovers that making a documentary about her friends means uncovering secrets nobody planned to share.
Book
Welcome home, Mary Anne
Mary Anne adjusts to a new home and a summer with her stepsister and an unfamiliar guest — change and connection.
Book
A father for her triplets / Her pregnancy surprise
A single mother of triplets and a surprise pregnancy: two warm romance novellas about family, love, and new beginnings.
Start with The Baby-Sitters Club (2020 Netflix series), a warm contemporary adaptation of the books, then try The Summer Book (2025) for the same tender, girl-centred emotional storytelling in a very different register.
Dear Pen Pal from the Mother-Daughter Book Club series captures a similar mix of friendship, school pressure, and family loyalty, while Babysitting Bandit delivers girl-detective energy for readers who loved the BSC's can-do spirit.
Tiny Bookshop is an ideal match — a cozy narrative management game about community and quiet purpose — and A Memoir Blue offers a deeply emotional, mother-daughter story told as an interactive poem.