Author Annie Barrows talks about her award-winning Ivy + Bean series: One of the big problems of being a kid is that your parents often try to make you play with people you don't really like. My parents were forever trying to get me to like the kids of their friends. These kids were often weird. I didn't want to play with them. It was a problem. 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. Awards Short-listed for Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (Intermediate) 2011. General Fields ISBN : 9780811849098 Publisher : Chronicle Books Llc Imprint : Chronicle Books Llc Weight (g) : 0.15 Publication date : March 2007 Dimensions : 183mm X 139mm X 10mm Availability date : May 2007 Product Type : books Special Fields Author : Annie Barrows Author : Annie Barrows Illustrations : b&w Illustrations : b&w Pages : 120 Pages : 120 Reading Level : very good Reading Level : very good Dewey classification : 813.6 [Fic] Dewey classification : 813.6 [Fic] Language : English Language : English Illustrator : Sophie Blackall Illustrator : Sophie Blackall Edition : 1 Edition : 1 Bind : Paperback Bind : Paperback
