Ivy and Bean
Author: Annie Barrows
Illustrator: Sophie Blackall
Book 1 in the Ivy and Bean series
Pages: 120
Published: 2006
Age: 6+
From the moment their parents introduced them to one another, Ivy and Bean were both sure they would never like each other, but when Bean finds herself in a pickle, Ivy helps out with a magical spell. The results are glorious: Bean's big sister Nancy loses her mind, and Ivy and Bean become best friends forever.
'Booklist' Editor's Choice for Best Books Selection (2006); 'Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books Selection for Best Early Chapter Books (2006); 'Book Links' Best New Books for the Classroom (2006); New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing (2006); ALA Notable Children's Book (2007); Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Nominee for Intermediate Readers (2011)
About the Ivy and Bean Series
Books in series order
- 1.Ivy and Bean(2006)
- 2.Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go(2006)
- 3.Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record(2007)
- 4.Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter(2008)
- 5.Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad(2008)
- 6.Ivy and Bean: Doomed to Dance(2009)
- 7.Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?(2010)
- 8.Ivy and Bean: No News is Good News(2011)
- 9.Ivy and Bean Make the Rules(2012)
- 10.Ivy and Bean Take the Case(2013)
- 11.One Big Happy Family(2018)
- 12.Get To Work!(2021)
Reading age: 6+ years
Ivy and Bean are very different. Bean is loud and wild and goofy. She loves to be involved in games and poke her nose in other people's business. Ivy is quiet and full of ideas. She spends most of her time learning how to be a witch. Each girl thinks the other one is weird. Each girl thinks she could never be friends with the other. Especially because their parents keep nagging them about it...
But sometimes opposites can become the best of friends. For Ivy and Bean, their differences mean that they have more fun together than they could ever have separately. It also means that, together, they do more wacky things than any one kid could ever dream up. The 'Ivy and Bean' books are about the adventures — and disasters — created by this unlikely pairing. Sweet and funny with delightful illustrations by Sophie Blackall, these books are a perfect tempter for emerging or reluctant readers aged 6 and older.