New Releases by Annie Barrows

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...

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

Ivy and Bean try to make money editing a newspaper about Pancake Court but neighbors are unhappy reading about themselves.

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.

Second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean beg for ballet lessons, then, when they are cast as squids in their first recital, scheme to find a way out of what seems to be boring, hard, and potentially embarrassing.

From New York Times bestselling author of the Ivy and Bean series and blockbuster The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society comes a sweet and charming time travel story. Miri is the non-twin child in a family with two sets of them-older brothers and younger sisters. The family has just moved to an old farmhouse in a new town, where the only good thing seems to be Miri''s ten-sided attic bedroom. But when Miri gets sent to her room after accidentally bashing her big brother on the head with a shovel, she finds herself in the same room . . . only not quite. Without meaning to, she has found a way to travel back in time to 1935 where she discovers Molly, a girl her own age very much in need of a loving family. A highly satisfying classic-in-the-making full of spine-tingling moments, both books in the delightful time-travelling Molly and Miri series is perfect for the whole family. Don''t miss the sequel: Magic in the Mix Awards for The Magic Half The Virginia Readers'' Choice Award list (2010-2011) Missouri Mark Twain Reader Award nominee (2010-2011) Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee 2011 Rhode Island Children''s Book Award 2011 Massachusetts Children''s Book Award 2011 Washington State Sasquatch Reading Award Masterlist: 2011-2012 Florida Sunshine State Young Reader''s Award (grades 3-5)

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

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!

Ivy and Bean hatch a plan to prove that Bean''s big sister is the world''s worst babysitter. Of course plans go awry but fun ensues!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. “Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love “I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. . . . As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all. Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever. Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of finding connection in the most surprising ways. Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society “A jewel . . . Poignant and keenly observed, Guernsey is a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends.”—People “A book-lover’s delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times “A sparkling epistolary novel radiating wit, lightly worn erudition and written with great assurance and aplomb.”—The Sunday Times (London) “Cooked perfectly à point: subtle and elegant in flavour, yet emotionally satisfying to the finish.”—The Times (London)

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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The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn''t be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to quickly hide and Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other. Vibrant characters and lots of humor make this a charming and addictive introduction to the Ivy and Bean Book Series. From beloved children''s book author Annie Barrows, The Ivy & Bean collection has been delighting preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and kids of all ages for nearly two decades. Centered upon messages promoting friendship, empathy, and understanding, each book follows Ivy and Bean on their various adventures through adolescent life.

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

Includes a sneak peak of Ivy + Bean, book 3.

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