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"This story defies expectations of what an early chapter book can be." School Library Journal"Ivy and Bean are irresistible." Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewAnnie Barrowss bestselling chapter book series, Ivy & Bean, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing- - and reading - for more than a decade! With more than 6 million copies in print, Ivy Bean return with a brand-new book for a new generation! Now in paperback! Ivys worried. Shes read a lot of books about only children, so she knows that they are sometimes spoiled rotten. They dont share their toys. They never do any work. They scream and cry when they dont get their way. Spoiler alert! Ivy doesnt have any brothers or sisters. Thats why shes worried. How can she keep from getting spoiled? She could give away all her clothes, but shed probably get in trouble. She could give away all her toys, but she likes her toys. Theres really only one solution: she needs a baby sister, on the double! Luckily, Ivy and Bean know just where to get one.* Fantastic fun for 1st- to 4th-grade readers, teachers, parents, and grandparents* Funny and heartwarming; early readers will love the continuing adventures of best friends Ivy and Bean.* Strong positive characters for girls and great lessons on friendship in an easy-to-follow chapter book.For young chapter book readers who love Bink and Gollie, Dory Fasntasmagory, and Judy Moody.* For kids ages 6-9* Educators, parents, siblings, grandparents* Best friends booksAnnie Barrows is a bestselling author of books for both children and adults, including the YA novel Nothing, and the bestselling novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two daughters.Sophie Blackall has illustrated over 20 books, which have won awards such as the Caldecott Medal, the Ezra Jack Keats Award, and the Founders Award from the Society of Illustrators. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.



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Annie Barrows

Annie Barrows writes for both grownups and children. If you're a grownup, read this paragraph:Annie Barrows is the co-author, with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, published by the Dial Press in 2008. An international best-seller, translated into 38 languages, the novel was adapted into a feature film in 2018. Her best-selling second novel, The Truth According to Us, was published in 2015. Annie lives in Berkeley, California, with her family.If you're a kid, read this paragraph:Wow! Was that boring or what? Annie has written a bunch of books for kids. In fact, she has written NINETEEN books for kids, and all of them are very very good. Mostly, they're funny too. She has written the award-winning series Ivy Bean; the also-award-winning Magic Half and its sequel, Magic in the Mix; Nothing, for young adult readers (that means it has bad words in it) ; a picture book called What John Marco Saw (don't worry--she didn't draw the pictures) ; and The Best of Iggy, which is the first book in a new series about--you guessed it!--a kid named Iggy who does not play the cello, plant flowers by the side of the road, or learn his lesson and become a better person. Still, he's a pretty great kid.



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