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A New York Times Bestselling Series
Over 8 Million Copies Sold
Finally! After begging their parents for ballet lessons, Ivy and Bean finally get what they want...well, not exactly. Much to their surprise, 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 Ivy and Bean to participate in the ocean-themed class recital, the girls must figure out a way to get out of it without breaking their promises.
Author Notes
Award winning author Annie Barrows was born in San Diego, California. She graduated from UC Berkeley. After graduation Annie became an editor editing books on a wide-range of topics. After she had edited a couple hundred books, she decided that that she could probably write one herself so she went to writing school. After writing several books for adults she decided she'd like to write for children.
Annie is the author of the Ivy and Bean Series which have won numerous awards including: 2007 ALA Notable Children's Book, Booklist, Editor's Choice, Best Books of 2007 Kirkus Reviews, The Best Children's Book of 2006, Best Early Chapter Books, Book Links, Best New Books for the Classroom, 2006, New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2006. she is also the co-author of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Her title The Truth According to Us, also made The New York Times Best Seller List.
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Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-3-Second-graders Ivy and Bean return to their mischievous ways as they beg their parents for ballet lessons. They get what they want, but class isn't exactly what they expected. Instead of the "kicking" and sword they saw in a picture of the ballet Giselle, they are disappointed to be learning positions, plies, and how to be butterflies. When they are cast as squids in their first recital, they come up with several ideas for how to get out of performing without breaking their promise not to drop out of class. The story is solidly written, and the expressive black-and-white illustrations, some full page, add to the humor. Early chapter-book readers will appreciate and relate to the friends' dilemma.-Sarah Polace, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Perusing The Royal Book of Ballet, Ivy and Bean admire Giselle's attitude in a picture in which she appears to have kicked a bad guy in the head with her pointed toe ("Wow...she showed him"). The friends beg for ballet lessons, promising their moms not to quit or complain -- and almost immediately regret their haste. Bean is bored ("Where was the leaping? Where was the kicking?"), and Ivy keeps falling over and getting hurt. But the final humiliation arrives when they're assigned the roles of squids in the "Wedding Beneath the Sea" performance and decide they have no choice but to run away ("What a great idea! Bean had been waiting for years to run away"). Their destination? Appropriately, the aquarium, where they'll slip away during their class field trip, hide, and at night collect money from the fountain to buy food (Ivy: "I read about it in a book"). In this sixth entry in the series, Barrows continues to provide early chapter book readers with a laugh a minute in a story loaded with comic situations of which illustrator Blackall takes full advantage. (Best picture here? Ivy attempting their initial recital-escape plan -- sprained arms -- only to become wedged, taco-style, in the caved-in roof of a plastic playhouse.) Ivy and Bean may not enjoy their adventures in ballet, but readers certainly will. From HORN BOOK, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Friends Ivy and Bean are opposites, but in this installment of the series, they agree on one thing. They want to take ballet lessons. Their parents, having been through their enthusiasms before, insist the girls must not quit and must not complain. This is easier said than done when, after the girls realize ballet is not all spins and tutus, they are cast as friendly squid in the underwater-themed recital. Another pleasing adventure, engagingly illustrated and fun for new readers.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2009 Booklist
