Name: Ivy & Bean Boxed Set: Books 7-9 (Books About Friendship, Gifts for Young Girls) (Ivy & Bean Bundle Set)
Price: 38.11 NZD
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Author: Annie Barrows
ISBN: 9781452117324

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Ivy & Bean Boxed Set: Books 7-9 (Books About Friendship, Gifts for Young Girls) (Ivy & Bean Bundle Set)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Annie Barrows

Illustrated by

Sophie Blackall

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Language

English

Pages

428

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

18.8 x 14.5 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.66 kg.

ISBN13

9781452117324

Synopsis "Ivy & Bean Boxed Set: Books 7-9 (Books About Friendship, Gifts for Young Girls) (Ivy & Bean Bundle Set) "

A Netflix Original Film Series A New York Times Bestselling Series Over 8 Million Copies Sold The third set of three books in the bestselling series, Ivy and Bean Boxed Set: Books 7-9 continues the story of Ivy and Bean, two spunky 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. 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: Books 7-9 includes: Book 7: Ivy + Bean: What's the Big Idea? Wouldn't it be cool if Ivy and Bean found the solution to global warming? Wouldn't it be especially cool if the solution was shimmering pink goo in a test-tube and all the famous scientists in the world wished they had thought of it first? Book 8: Ivy + Bean: No News Is Good News: Ivy and Bean need some money. Ten dollars, to be exact. Never mind what for. Don't even ask. Should they write a newspaper about their neighbors and sell it? Yes. Great idea--and easy too! All Ivy and Bean have to do is snoop around Pancake Court and gets some news. Book 9: Ivy + Bean Make the Rules: It's Spring Break, and Bean's older sister, Nancy, is going to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp, where she will do Crafts and Dance and First Aid and other secret things that Bean will never know about because you have to be eleven to go to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp. So--wait a second! Bean and Ivy can make their own camp, their own better camp ... and counselors Ivy and Bean make the rules. HEARTWARMING STORIES OF FRIENDSHIP: This charming chapter book box set follows best friends Ivy and Bean as they get themselves into trouble again and again . . . and then help each other out of it as only true friends can. Young girls will love reading about Ivy and Bean's many adventures and learning about the magic of friendship in this laugh-out-loud funny book series. CRITICS LOVE THE IVY AND BEAN SERIES: "One of the funniest young chapter book series around."--The Horn Book "Only a stooge couldn't love Ivy and Bean."--Kirkus Reviews BESTSELLING AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR TEAM: Annie Barrows is the author of numerous bestselling books for children and adults, including the Ivy & Bean series, The Magic Half, and The Best of Iggy. Sophie Blackall is an award-winning illustrator of over 50 books for children, including the 2016 Caldecott Medal winnerFinding Winnie. She is the author and illustrator of Things to Look Forward To and the 2019 Caldecott Medal winner Hello Lighthouse. Perfect for: Fans of the hit Netflix series Ivy + Bean Gift-givers looking for entertaining chapter book sets for kids who enjoy stories full of humor and wit Readers who love Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree House books, and Princess in Black Fans of classic children's literature, from books by Beverly Cleary to the Harry Potter series

Annie Barrows

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Annie Barrows (born in 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American writer and editor known for her children's series Ivy + Bean and for co-writing with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer the successful novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

She grew up in San Anselmo, California, and from a young age showed a passion for reading, spending much of her childhood in the local library. She studied Medieval History at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Mills College. Before dedicating herself to writing, she worked as an editor at various publishing houses, including Chronicle Books in San Francisco

In 2008, she co-wrote with her aunt The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, an epistolary novel that became an international phenomenon, translated into 38 languages and adapted into a film in 2018. In 2006, she launched the children's series Ivy + Bean, which has been very successful and translated into 14 languages

Annie Barrows lives in Northern California with her family and continues to write for children and adults. Her work has been recognized for its warmth, humor, and ability to connect with readers of all ages.

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