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Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance (Ivy & Bean, Book 6)

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I love books that combine laugh-out-loud moments with the ah-ah moment "that could really happen to me!" Ivy and Bean is one of my favorite series for 1st - 3rd graders - I love these two friends who are so goofy and full of mischief, and yet remind me of all the things I almost did!

Don't we all know kids who have begged, and I mean begged, for something? A puppy? a new toy? a glittering pair of shoes? Well, Ivy and Bean have seen amazing pictures of ballet dancers and they're sure that it's the perfect thing for them. Giselle kicks her pointed toe so fiercely toward the duke that she's surely going to snap his head off. And the Wilis get to dance with these cool long flowing finger nails, as they dance the duke to death! What kid wouldn't want to do that?! So Ivy and Bean beg, and beg, and beg with wobbly lower lips to take ballet class. They promise that it will be different than ice skating or softball. And they promise: no quitting. And NO complaining. But that's before they know ... how ballet classes really are. Especially when you get assigned the roles of the squid in the final performance.

If your child has fun with this series, they'll enjoy this latest book. It's a great series to read aloud to kindergartners or 1st graders, or for 2nd & 3rd graders to read by themselves.

My 7 year old granddaughter loves Ivy and Bean adventures. She laughs at the "Bean comments". I'm looking for books with girls that think, use good language, and are curious. I approve of Ivy and Bean. We read books 1-7 and then preordered the last book before it was even finished.

Normally, I don't review children's books, but I've made an exception (yes, they do happen). I remember buying a set of Ivy + Bean books for The Girl from Diary of an Eccentric because one of the books had to do with dinosaur fossils and I had read on someone's blog (not sure who) that these books were fantastic. The Girl, suffice to say, loved them and told me all about the straws up the nose and other little tidbits from her books.

Ivy and Bean are typical second-grade girls who are willing to try just about anything, and they sometimes find themselves getting into trouble or at least over their heads. In Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance (Ivy & Bean, Book 6), the girls read a book about ballet and decide that they should take ballet, so they can become ballerinas in Giselle. The only problem is that ballet is not as fun or easy as it seems.

While Ivy and Bean get into trouble -- and what kid doesn't? -- they always manage to find the positive in their situation or make amends. Some of the funniest scenes in this book are when Ivy and Bean try to get sick on purpose, having other kids cough and sneeze all over them. Young readers will laugh out loud at the antics of these young girls, and parents will enjoy these books because of the lessons they teach about responsibility and imagination. Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance (Ivy & Bean, Book 6) is a fun read at nearly 130 pages, and these characters will worm their way into kids hearts easily.

I don't write many reviews, but the Ivy and Bean books are just too good not to tell others about! My daughter started reading these in Kindergarten and continues to love them in first grade. I've even caught my son, who is in third grade, reading them and laughing at Ivy's and Bean's antics. Give these books a try. They are great for reading alound and for independent reading.

My daughter loves these books , and cant wait to read the next one . Keeps her quiet on road trips .

My six-year-old daughter loves to read and has recently started reading chapter books. Once she got over her obsession with the Junie B. Jones series, I managed to get her interested in the Cam Jansen series of books and then I discovered the Ivy and Bean series. 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!). These traits appeal to my daughter as she is quite the adventurer herself, and the chapters are relatively short, which makes it easy for her to read independently. The books average about 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. In the sixth installment, 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. This is another winner in the Ivy and Bean series.

My five year old grandaughter was absolutely thrilled to receive this latest addition to the Ivy and Bean series. When she realized that this one might have something to do with "dance" she was absolutely ecstatic. The book more than met her expectations. She adores this series.

I think this is mainly about how Ivy and Beann want somthing and when they get it it`s not what you thought it was

My 7 year old just finished this book. This is her review...



While reading, I learned ballet dancers toes can bleed through their ballet shoes, and that giant squids are 40 feet long and have eyes the size of plates. This book is really awesome. It's one of my favorite books in the world. I would love to read the rest of the Ivy and Bean books, and have three on hold at the library.

This was very cool. I loved it because it was so interesting, and I couldn't put it down until I was done.

This is a great book for ages 6-12! It is so funny! If you like funny things, you should read it!