Annie Barrows began writing childrens books after being Senior Editor for Chronicle Books. In 2006, the first book in her children's series, Ivy + Bean was published. This title has followed by ten others. Annie lives in Northern California with her husband. She has two daughters.
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One Big Happy Family
Ivy's worried. She's read a lot of books about only children, so she knows that they are sometimes spoiled rotten. Spoiler alert! Ivy doesn't have any brothers or sisters. That's why she's worried. How can she keep from getting spoiled? She could give away all her clothes, but she'd probably get in trouble. She could give away all her toys, but she likes her toys. There's really only one solution: she needs a baby sister, on the double! Luckily, Ivy and Bean know just where to get one. Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
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Take the Case
Watch out, you diabolical masterminds! There's a new detective on Pancake Court: Bean! She laughs at danger! She solves even the most mysterious mysteries! What? There aren't any mysteries? Then Bean and her assistant, Ivy, will make some! Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
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Book 9
Make the Rules
Bean’s older sister, Nancy, is going to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp, where she will do Crafts and Music and First Aid and other secret things that Bean will never know about because girls have to be eleven to go to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp. Bean doesn’t care. She doesn’t want to go to camp. Bean and Ivy can make their own camp, their own better camp: Camp Flaming Arrow, where counselors Ivy and Bean will give a whole new meaning to Crafts, Music, First Aid, and hands-on learning! Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10 Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
Ivy and Bean need some money for low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for you serving size. 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 snoop around the neighborhood. Wow...It’s very interesting what they can find out. It’s even more interesting when the neighbors read about it in the newspaper. Hardcover Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
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. Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrow.
After begging their parents for ballet lessons, Ivy and Bean finally get what they want...well, not exactly. It turns out ballet lessons do not include karate chops and roundhouse kicks to the villain's heart. 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 the ocean-themed class recital, the girls must figure out a way to get out of it without breaking their promises. Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
In Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad the two girls decide to be so good and kind and pure of thought that wild animals will befriend them. When this doesn't work, they decide that perhaps a little badness can be good. Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
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! Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
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? Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows.
Now that Ivy and Bean are friends, they do gymnastics club together, sit together in Ms. Aruba-Tate's second grade, and tell each other their darkest secrets. And when Ivy discovers a ghost in the school bathroom, it will take both girls' courage and imagination to make it go away. Another entertaining installment in this series about two mischievous, funny, clever girls. Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows
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 hide quickly, 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 series. Hardcover Illustrated Chapter Book. Ages 6 - 10. Autographed bookplate by Annie Barrows
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