Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, 120 pp, RL 3
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When Bean tries to get back at fussy eleven-year-old Nancy for making her suffer through an afternoon of clothes shopping, she finds herself on the run instead. Ivy, who has been sitting on her porch in a dark bathrobe with badly drawn paper stars and moons taped to it, a gold stick in her hand, rescues Bean from a stick situation by making her close her eyes and sneak to a secret place. It turns out to be Ivy's backyard, which is not a secret as a cave, Bean thinks, but this gives Bean (and the reader) the chance to peek into Ivy's life and find out what she is really like. Turns out this quiet bookworm has a lot going on! Her room is divided into five neat sections, chalk lines on the floor separating them. There is a little area with a tiny couch and a bookshelf, another with art supplies and one section with nothing but dolls. All sorts of dolls, even a rock with a doll's dress on. And, in the center of all these dolls is a Barbie wrapped up in toilet paper. She is a mummy and Ivy is planning on building a pyramid on top of her as soon as she can figure out how.
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ivy + bean 1 - 10
The ivy + bean Paper Doll Set, which can be purchased here
ivy + bean dolls made by Madame Alexander
The ivy + bean Button Factory that can be purchased here
Source: Library Book