‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ will premiere July 3 on Netflix. The new series, based on the best-selling book series by Ann M. Martin, follows the friendship and adventures of Kristy Thomas (Sophie Grace), Mary-Anne Spier (Malia Baker), Claudia Kishi (Momona Tamada), Stacey McGill (Shay Rudolph), and Dawn Schafer (Xochitl Gomez) as the middle-schoolers start their babysitting business in the town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. Alicia Silverstone plays Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, the selfless single-mother of Kristy Thomas and love interest of all-around good guy Watson Brewer, played by Mark Feuerstein. The books were published from 1986 to 2000. The books became massively popular in the ’90s. A TV series and a movie were adapted out of the books. The newest adaptation of the contemporary dramedy continues to champion friendship, female empowerment, and entrepreneurship. The series is led by Rachel Shukert as showrunner and Lucia Aniello as executive producer and director. See more photos in our gallery now.