New Releases by ANNIE BARROWS

Bean''s older sister, Nancy, is going to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp and Bean can''t go. So Bean and Ivy make their own camp.

Ely e Bea sono convinte che non diventeranno mai amiche. Ma un giorno Bea decide di dare una lezione a sua sorella e finisce che le tocca nascondersi alla svelta. Per fortuna Ely arriva in suo soccorso con una bacchetta magica, con i colori per tingersi la faccia e con un secchiello pieno di vermi. Finiranno nei guai? Forse. Si divertiranno? Un mondo! "La delizia è nei dettagli, nella leggerezza e nella precisione del tratto con cui sono raffigurate le due bambine". Booklist "... i disegni catturano con maestria la personalità delle due bambine e l''umorismo del racconto... La scrittura di Annie Barrows trabocca di dialoghi briosi". Publishers Weekly "I lettori non potranno non amare queste due piccole pesti e attendere con ansia le altre puntate delle loro avventure". Kirkus Reviews

Bean''s older sister, Nancy, is going to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp and Bean can''t go. So Bean and Ivy make their own camp.

Le Cercle littéraire des amateurs d''épluchures de patates, roman au succès planétaire et déjà vendu à 1 million d''exemplaires en France, revient au cinéma ! Janvier 1946. Tandis que Londres se relève douloureusement de la guerre, Juliet, jeune écrivain, cherche un sujet pour son prochain roman. Comment pourrait-elle imaginer que la lettre d''un inconnu, natif de l''île de Guernesey, va le lui fournir ? Au fi l de ses échanges avec son nouveau correspondant, Juliet pénètre un monde insoupçonné, délicieusement excentrique ; celui d''un club de lecture au nom étrange inventé pour tromper l''occupant allemand : le " Cercle littéraire des amateurs d''épluchures de patates ". De lettre en lettre, Juliet découvre l''histoire d''une petite communauté débordante de charme, d''humour, d''humanité. Et puis vient le jour où, à son tour, elle se rend à Guernesey...

The 8th book in the New York Times bestselling Ivy & Bean series is now available in paperback! Ivy and Bean need some money. Ten dollars, to be exact. Never mind what for. Okay, it''s for low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-one serving size. Don''t ask why. But how are Ivy and Bean going to make ten dollars? Hey, maybe they should write a newspaper about Pancake Court and sell it! Great idea! And easy, too. All they have to do is nose around the neighborhood. Wow—it''s interesting what comes out when snoops start digging. It''s even more interesting when the neighbors read about it in the newspaper.

New York Times best-selling series of books for children — Ivy + Bean Ivy and Bean, two friends who never meant to like each other: This boxed set, Ivy and Bean Boxed Set 2 (Books 4-6) continues the story of these two spunky characters. It includes the second of three books in the Ivy and Bean series. Author Annie Barrows talks about her award-winning Ivy + Bean series: One of the big problems of being a kid is that your parents often try to make you play with people you don’t really like. My parents were forever trying to get me to like the kids of their friends. These kids were often weird. I didn’t want to play with them. It was a problem. 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 because they’re opposites. Ivy and Bean Boxed Set 2 (Books 4-6) includes: Book 4: Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter : What’s the worst babysitter you can imagine? Okay, now multiply by a million. Bean’s just found out that Nancy is babysitting for the afternoon. After Ivy rescues her from prison, the two girls turn tragedy into opportunity. Book 5: Ivy + Bean: Bound to Be Bad: Ivy has decided to become good. Extra-super-duperly good. Bean figures that’s a big waste of time—until Ivy explains that if you’re really good, animals and birds follow you around. Wow! Animals and birds! Bean’s going to be good, too! They’re going to be nice; they’re going to be sweet; they’re going to be kind and generous and—Wait a second! How did they end up muddy, wet, and in trouble? Book 6: Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance: Ooops. Ivy and Bean have made a terrible mistake. They thought that ballet meant leaping, kicking, and cool costumes. Instead, it means they’re going to have to be The Two Friendly Squids in a ballet the teacher made up. How embarrassing. As disaster looms, the girls come up with a great escape plan. It’s an easy plan, a simple plan, a beautiful plan. It only involves a field trip, a couple of sharks, and some weird animals that glow in the dark. If you and your child liked Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree House books, and Princess in Black; yo

Ivy and Bean: No News Is Good News

When all the second grade students must enter the science fair, which has global warming as its theme, best friends Ivy and Bean team up to create an unusual project.

A Netflix Original Film Series A New York Times Bestselling Series Over 8 Million Copies Sold "Introduce independent readers to the award-winning Ivy & Bean series with this boxed set containing the first three books about two spunky second graders." — Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor Meet Ivy and Bean, two friends who never meant to like each other: 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. But sometimes opposites can become the best of friends because they''re opposites! Ivy & Bean''s Secret Treasure Box—which includes the first three books in the series—is a delightful introduction to these spunky characters and includes a secret treasure-hiding box with a cool surprise inside! • Book 1: Ivy & Bean: Both girls were sure they would never like each other, but when Bean finds herself in a pickle, Ivy helps out with a magical spell. • Book 2: Ivy & Bean and the Ghost that Had to Go: When Ivy discovers a ghost in the girls bathroom at school, she needs Bean''s help to get rid of it as quickly as possible. • Book 3: Ivy & Bean Break the Fossil Record: The girls set out to prove that they broke a record and are in fact the youngest paleontologists in the world. • Annie Barrows is the bestselling author of books for both children and adults including the Ivy & Bean series which has more than 5 million copies in print. Fans of the Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree House, and Princess in Black series will love the hilarious adventures of best friends Ivy and Bean. A classroom favorite, Ivy and Bean have been keeping kids laughing — and reading — for more than a decade. • Funny, relatable characters and storyline • Books for independent readers ages 6-9 • Elementary school chapter books • Books for grades 1-4

Ivy and Bean decide to be good, kind, and pure of thought in the hopes that the wild animals will befriend them, but when their plan doesn''t work, they decide sometimes it''s good to be a little bad.

In this seventh entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, two unlikely best friends get creative as they prepare for the Science Fair. It’s the Science Fair, and the second grade is all over it! Some kids are making man-eating robots. Some kids are holding their breath for a very, very long time. Some kids are doing interesting things with vacuum cleaners. The theme, obviously, is global warming. But what should Ivy and Bean do? Something involving explosions? Or ropes? Something with ice cubes? Or maybe . . . maybe something different. Praise for What’s the Big Idea? “This seventh episode about unlikely best friends Ivy and Bean may be the most ambitious and triumphant yet . . . . Barrows and Blackall know just how to expose situations that are familiar to second-graders—with empathy and a light touch.” —Shelf-Awareness

In the fifth entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, two friends come up with a crazy plan to lure wild animals home. Bean’s day is going downhill, and it’s only nine in the morning. Is it her fault she licked syrup off her plate? Is it her fault Nancy’s yarn got used up? Yes. Bean wonders if being good is worth the effort. Ivy says yes, that if you’re really good, animals will love you and follow you home. Wow! Ivy and Bean decide they’re going to be the best kids in town. They’re going to be kind, they’re going to be generous and pure of heart and—Wait a second! How did they end up muddy, wet, and in trouble? Praise for Bound to Be Bad “Barrows and Blackall deliver another laugh-out-loud Pancake Court romp that derives its humor from the very believable characters and chemistry of the neighborhood children. Any child who’s had to suffer a time-out will relate to this one.” —Kirkus Reviews

World record fever grips the second grade, and soon Ivy and Bean are trying to set their own record by becoming the youngest people to have ever discovered a dinosaur. But how hard is it to find one? Includes bonus material! - Sneak peek chapter from the next book in the Ivy + Bean series Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

In the sixth entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, two best friends learn about ballet, promises, and how to be a squid. Finally! After months of begging their parents for ballet lessons, Ivy and Bean finally get what they want . . . well, not exactly. Much to their surprise, it turns out ballet lessons do not cover karate chops and roundhouse kicks. The girls have no interest in learning how to dance gracefully, but they promised their parents they would finish the entire ballet course! When it comes time for Ivy and Bean to participate in the ocean-themed class recital, the girls must figure out a way to get out of it without breaking their promises. Praise for Doomed to Dance “Another pleasing adventure, engagingly illustrated and fun for new readers.” —Booklist “The story is solidly written, and the expressive black-and-white illustrations, some full page, add to the humor. Early chapter-book readers will appreciate and relate to the friends’ dilemma.” —School Library Journal

Mary Ann Shaffer (1934-2008) va treballar com a llibretera i bibliotecària i sempre va viure envoltada de llibers. Als setanta anys, animada pel seu club de lectura, va decidir escriure la seva primera novel·la, que Annie Barrows, la seva neboda, va acabar. La societat literària i dels pastís de pela de patata de Guernsey s''ha convertit en una de les sorpreses editorials del 2008 i ja compta amb 15 traduccions i legions de fans arreu del món Una novel·la divertida i profundament humana. Un homenatge als bons llibres i a les bones persones, capaç d''aixecar els ànims fins i tot dels més cínics. Irresistible. 1946, Londres. L''escriptora o columnista Juliet Ashton cerca un tema per a la seva propera novel·la. Per mitjà de la carta d''un habitant de l''illa de Guernsey, entra en contacte amb els membres d''una curiosa societat literària nascuda durant l''ocupació nazi, i decideix desplaçar-se a l''illa per conèixer de primer mà els seus singulars habitants i les seves vivències durant la guerra. Una història commovedora.

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Ash & Bone

Ivy + Bean and the ghost that had to go: Second-graders Ivy and Bean set out to expel the ghost who is living in the girls'' bathroom at their school.

Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so pure of heart that birds and animals followed him. 25,000 first printing.

The adventures of Ivy and Bean continue in the latest installment from series creators Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall. In Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter, the two girls hatch a plan to prove that Bean''s big sister is the world''s worst babysitter. Of course plans go awry, but fun ensues!

Everyone in second grade seems set on breaking a world record and friends Ivy and Bean are no exception, deciding to become the youngest people ever to discover a dinosaur skeleton. Teacher''s Guide available. Reprint.

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Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.

Second-graders Ivy and Bean set out to expel the ghost who is living in the girls'' bathroom at their school.