Meet Ivy & Bean, two girls who never meant to like each other. Ivy wears a dress every day. Bean doesn't even own a dress. Bean likes to zip around and yell. Ivy likes to read big books. But one day the girls find themselves in the middle of an adventure, one that involves face paint, mud, and worms, and before they know it they are forever friends. The hit series is a favorite with kids, parents and teachers and now with Amazon Exclusive Box Set young readers won’t have to wait to start reading the next Ivy and Bean adventure! The set includes all eight books in the Ivy and Bean series, including the just-released Book 8, No News is Good News.
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Annie Barrows is the author of many books for adults, including the bestselling The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but Ivy and Bean is her first series for kids. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two daughters.
Sophie Blackall is an Australian illustrator whose previous books include Ruby's Wish and Meet Wild Boars. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Sophie Blackall is an Australian illustrator whose previous books include Ruby's Wish and Meet Wild Boars. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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82 of 84 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Ivy and Bean series of books will appeal to girls ages 6-9. My daughter loves the central characters, Bean and her best friend Ivy. The girls are precocious, intelligent, and always up to some adventure (or misadventure, depending on how one looks at it!). The chapters are relatively short, which make it easy for her to read independently. The books average about 100-120 pages, and she manages to read up to 40 pages per sitting (around 45 minutes).
What I found to be fascinating was that the plot for each story is so well-written and developed that my daughter could not stop once she started reading! I usually sit with her and supervise her reading, helping out with some difficult words, and she gets so involved with the story that she just keeps on reading. This to me is the mark of a good book, one that entices a young reader to keep reading. The language is not dumbed down, on the contrary, there are some challenging words which I help my daughter with (pronunciation and definition, if necessary).
The black and white illustrations by Sophie Blacksall that appear in each chapter add to the appeal of these books. This boxed set contains books 1-8, and focuses on the friendship and adventures of two seven-year-old girls Ivy and Bean who live in the same neighborhood. Initially, Bean (who has short dark hair) does not care to play with Ivy (who has red hair), but an unusual 'meeting' results in the beginning of a lovely and fun friendship!
The second book, Ivy and Bean And the Ghost that Had to Go, and the third book, Ivy and Bean Break The Fossil Record also contain engaging plots. The black and white illustrations which are abundant throughout the books kept my young daughter who is a visual learner eager to read on to discover what happens in the story.
In the fourth installment, "Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter", Bean is horrified when her parents decide to allow Nancy, Bean's older sister (and nemesis) to babysit Bean while her parents attend a play. In the fifth title in the series, "Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad", Ivy, inspired by the story of St. Francis thinks it would be cool to be so pure of heart and help neighborhood bully Matt to become good. Of course, things never always go as intended in the world of Ivy and Bean.
In Book 6, Ivy and Bean Doomed to Dance, Ivy and Bean are initially excited about being in a ballet. To their horror, they find out their teacher has cast them in roles they find embarrassing! How are they to get out of this? The story is funny and will have little ones in stitches. My young daughter was laughing most of the time as she read this.
In Book Seven, Ivy and Bean What's the Big Idea, the girls are informed by their teacher, Ms. Aruba-Tate that there is to be a science fair at their school. The theme is global warming, and the children in the class are told to come up with interesting projects. Of course, Ivy and Bean are raring to go and devise all sorts of strange and interesting experiments, but nothing seems to work. The girls do eventually come up with a unique project that will warm readers' hearts!
In the eighth installment, Ivy and Bean No News is Good News, Ivy and Bean are envious of their classmates who all appear to have the coveted ball of cheese in the red wax packaging. The children use the piece of wax to make all sorts of things like 'boogers', mustaches, etc. When Bean's mom refuses to buy the cheese because it is too expensive, the girls devise a scheme to earn money on their own so that they can buy the cheese themselves. Their half-baked schemes are so creative and funny that I could not help laughing as my daughter read the story out loud night after night. What will the girls think of next and will it work?
This series is perfect for young readers who are attaining fluency as independent readers and the sentences are just the right length to encourage and stimulate young readers' motivation to read. Highly recommended!
What I found to be fascinating was that the plot for each story is so well-written and developed that my daughter could not stop once she started reading! I usually sit with her and supervise her reading, helping out with some difficult words, and she gets so involved with the story that she just keeps on reading. This to me is the mark of a good book, one that entices a young reader to keep reading. The language is not dumbed down, on the contrary, there are some challenging words which I help my daughter with (pronunciation and definition, if necessary).
The black and white illustrations by Sophie Blacksall that appear in each chapter add to the appeal of these books. This boxed set contains books 1-8, and focuses on the friendship and adventures of two seven-year-old girls Ivy and Bean who live in the same neighborhood. Initially, Bean (who has short dark hair) does not care to play with Ivy (who has red hair), but an unusual 'meeting' results in the beginning of a lovely and fun friendship!
The second book, Ivy and Bean And the Ghost that Had to Go, and the third book, Ivy and Bean Break The Fossil Record also contain engaging plots. The black and white illustrations which are abundant throughout the books kept my young daughter who is a visual learner eager to read on to discover what happens in the story.
In the fourth installment, "Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter", Bean is horrified when her parents decide to allow Nancy, Bean's older sister (and nemesis) to babysit Bean while her parents attend a play. In the fifth title in the series, "Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad", Ivy, inspired by the story of St. Francis thinks it would be cool to be so pure of heart and help neighborhood bully Matt to become good. Of course, things never always go as intended in the world of Ivy and Bean.
In Book 6, Ivy and Bean Doomed to Dance, Ivy and Bean are initially excited about being in a ballet. To their horror, they find out their teacher has cast them in roles they find embarrassing! How are they to get out of this? The story is funny and will have little ones in stitches. My young daughter was laughing most of the time as she read this.
In Book Seven, Ivy and Bean What's the Big Idea, the girls are informed by their teacher, Ms. Aruba-Tate that there is to be a science fair at their school. The theme is global warming, and the children in the class are told to come up with interesting projects. Of course, Ivy and Bean are raring to go and devise all sorts of strange and interesting experiments, but nothing seems to work. The girls do eventually come up with a unique project that will warm readers' hearts!
In the eighth installment, Ivy and Bean No News is Good News, Ivy and Bean are envious of their classmates who all appear to have the coveted ball of cheese in the red wax packaging. The children use the piece of wax to make all sorts of things like 'boogers', mustaches, etc. When Bean's mom refuses to buy the cheese because it is too expensive, the girls devise a scheme to earn money on their own so that they can buy the cheese themselves. Their half-baked schemes are so creative and funny that I could not help laughing as my daughter read the story out loud night after night. What will the girls think of next and will it work?
This series is perfect for young readers who are attaining fluency as independent readers and the sentences are just the right length to encourage and stimulate young readers' motivation to read. Highly recommended!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By umle
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I got the set for my daughter who just turned 6. When it came, she started to read the first book all on her own. She loves it and is reading book 2 right now.
Great hardcover books with big, easy to read prints and nice illustrations.
I was lucky and got the whole set for $13.xx. Don't think I'd pay $99 for the set though.
Great hardcover books with big, easy to read prints and nice illustrations.
I was lucky and got the whole set for $13.xx. Don't think I'd pay $99 for the set though.
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book set with eight of the first "Ivy and Bean" books was one of the best Christmas
presents we gave to our six-year-old grandaughter. She can read them all by herself. She reads a chapter every night out loud to her parents before bed; and, sometimes, she just goes up to her room to read all alone. I will purchase the rest of the books; but, I won't get as great a buy as this set was because each book cost about $5.99 each. I like to encourage reading because it really is the foundation of education! I'm so glad I read about these books on the Amazon site reviews---I only hope I can get some books as interesting when she finishes reading the current "Ivy and Bean" books.
presents we gave to our six-year-old grandaughter. She can read them all by herself. She reads a chapter every night out loud to her parents before bed; and, sometimes, she just goes up to her room to read all alone. I will purchase the rest of the books; but, I won't get as great a buy as this set was because each book cost about $5.99 each. I like to encourage reading because it really is the foundation of education! I'm so glad I read about these books on the Amazon site reviews---I only hope I can get some books as interesting when she finishes reading the current "Ivy and Bean" books.
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super cute.
Ivy & Bean is a super cute book series! My 8 year old really enjoyed this set and I hope they come out with more books!
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These are a books
These books have nice pictures. They have words too. I like very much learning English language. I will tell friend who come to this country to buy.
Published 13 months ago by Vito Perez
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Great books
Good books for kids, good customer services. I definitely recommend this to friends with kids. Also it came with good price.
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My daughter is finishing up Kindergarten. We are almost through the second book in the series. We have laughed and laughed.
Published 13 months ago by Bailey M. White
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Boys willl enjoy these too!
I purchased this set of books to read with a 7 year-old boy. He loved the "Ramona" books by Beverly Cleary, so I thought I'd take a chance on Ivy & Bean. He LOVES them! Read more
Published 14 months ago by lcs009
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Fun reading and somewhat mischievous
Our 5 1/2 year old loves to read books with us. I saw a deal on this set and figured it would be good for her down the road, especially as she read more on her own. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Anderson
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Ivy & Bean Collection
My grand daughter received this gift on December 23rd when I ordered it on the 22nd without express service. Excellent service and she is enjoying reading the books.
Published 16 months ago by Patricia Austin
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We need another 8 books!
We got these for my 8 year old for Christmas and she is already through 5 of them. She can't put them down. Read more
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