![]() Soileau worked for most of the major book publishers, not least Scholastic. Today, nostalgia for the series has grown, as demonstrated by the enthusiastic response to Soileau selling the one-of-a-kind paintings through his Instagram account.Ī post shared by Hodges Soileau OPA oil painter studied art at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and began his illustration career in 1971. ![]() Martin was tasked with creating the series about a club of friends who ran a babysitting business. The idea for “The Baby-Sitters Club” was borne out of Scholastic Book Clubs, where sales indicated a high interest in any books that featured babysitters. The long-running series ran from 1986 to 2000, and was published by Scholastic and written by Ann M. He also created the artwork for spin-off books, like Super Specials and Mysteries, as well as calendars. ![]() Soileau produced oil paintings for each novel-which serially recounted the adventures of a group of babysitting teens-for a total of 131 books in the original series. Recently, fans of “The Baby-Sitters Club” series discovered that the artist behind most of the iconic 1990s book covers, Hodges Soileau, had been selling the original art. ![]()
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