In Canada, the series was known as Les Baby-sitters by Héritages Jeunesse. The Baby-Sitters Club series was so popular, the series was translated into several languages.
Furthermore, some of the people Kristy shows Karen to help her move past her feeling of Nerd Glasses include Oprah Winfrey, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Yo Yo Ma, Elton John, and the 14th Dalai Lama. Karen's teacher communicates with her mother by e-mail in Karen's School Picture when Karen "accidentally" leaves her new glasses at home. While the members don't have cell phones or much in the way of modern technology, they do show modern changes in safety and mindsets such as young children like Karen and Andrew being in child restraint seats and sitting in the back seat of the car rather than just in lap belts. The graphic novels are (ambiguously) set in the mid to late 2010s. Setting Update: The original books were set in the '80s even as the series continued through the 90s and into the early 2000s, many references did not change.The graphic novels help revive the franchise amongst the target audience. Revival: By the 2010s, a large portion of the books were out-of-print and no longer available in most libraries.The Papadakis family (and Hannie) and Karen's teacher, Ms.Jenny Prezzioso is now Ambiguously Brown, as are Logan and the Dawes family (and Nancy).In the comics not only are background characters shown in other races and are more diverse, but several minor characters are also changed.
The original series had nearly every character white with very few people of color it was a big deal and an ongoing plot point that Jessi's family was one of the few black families in Stoneybrook and Jessi was the only black girl in the sixth grade.
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