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Chronicle Books LLC (2011), Edition: Illustrated, 112 pages
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Ivy and Bean try to make money by writing a newspaper about Pancake Court but the neighbors are not pleased to read about themselves.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Determined to get their hands on some lowfat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-you serving size - not because they like the cheese itself, but because the red wax in which it is packaged makes for excellent play material - second-graders and best friends Ivy and Bean set out to earn the money
I can't say that this eighth and thus-far final installment of Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall's series of chapter-books chronicling the adventures of second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean - there is a ninth due out, later this year, provisionally entitled Ivy + Bean Make the Rules - is one of my favorites. In fact, it probably ties with Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter as my least favorite of the collection - and for the same reasons. There is a fine line between transgressive humor and outright nastiness, and while I am far from arguing that that line is in the same place for every reader, this story crossed it, as far as I am concerned. Kids can sometimes be whiny and entitled, as Bean and Ivy are, when trying to convince their parents to buy them the cheese, and they can also be heedless. But when these two sell subscriptions, deliberately intending never to produce the product they're selling, I have a hard time believing that they aren't perfectly aware that they're being dishonest. I certainly would have been well aware of that, at their age! Likewise, I don't buy that it would not have occurred to them that printing nasty things about their neighbors in a newspaper might be questionable - especially when those nasty things are rather... unsubstantiated.
Kids aren't angels, and I'm all for stories that acknowledge that fact - especially stories that upend the old "sugar and spice" nonsense, about little girls - but I couldn't really see the humor here. Not good. Not good at all. I hope the next one improves...
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necessary. At the suggestion of Bean's father, the two girls decide to sell subscriptions to a local newspaper that they will (they claim) be producing, with all the news from their street, Pancake Court. When they discover that they actually have to produce the paper, they are somewhat dismayed, until they discover how much fun it is to snoop around, and peer in their neighbors' windows. But will the first edition of The Flip(p)ing Pancake, with its sensational stories about the neighbors, bring them fame and fortune, or universal opprobrium...?I can't say that this eighth and thus-far final installment of Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall's series of chapter-books chronicling the adventures of second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean - there is a ninth due out, later this year, provisionally entitled Ivy + Bean Make the Rules - is one of my favorites. In fact, it probably ties with Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter as my least favorite of the collection - and for the same reasons. There is a fine line between transgressive humor and outright nastiness, and while I am far from arguing that that line is in the same place for every reader, this story crossed it, as far as I am concerned. Kids can sometimes be whiny and entitled, as Bean and Ivy are, when trying to convince their parents to buy them the cheese, and they can also be heedless. But when these two sell subscriptions, deliberately intending never to produce the product they're selling, I have a hard time believing that they aren't perfectly aware that they're being dishonest. I certainly would have been well aware of that, at their age! Likewise, I don't buy that it would not have occurred to them that printing nasty things about their neighbors in a newspaper might be questionable - especially when those nasty things are rather... unsubstantiated.
Kids aren't angels, and I'm all for stories that acknowledge that fact - especially stories that upend the old "sugar and spice" nonsense, about little girls - but I couldn't really see the humor here. Not good. Not good at all. I hope the next one improves...
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LibraryThing member the1stdaughter
Ivy and Bean are at it again, but this time it’s all in the name of cheese. Well, maybe not cheese, but definitely the delightfully fun and very versatile red wax wrapper around the outside of low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-you serving size. Everyone at school has them with their
This has got to be one of my absolute favorite chapter book series ever! Annie Barrows understands kids so completely well that it has me second guessing her age; certainly she must still be ten years old? That’s probably not true, but what is true is the fact that each one of the Ivy and Bean books will have you in stitches while remembering either your own childhood or imagining your own children doing some of the whacky things that kids just do. Not only adults love this series, but kiddos absolutely relate even at a very very young age. This was the first book in the series that I’ve read with Littlebug and at only two and a half she loved every minute of it.
In this edition of Ivy and Bean, Non News is Good News, the pair are on a mission to get that waxy stuff around the outside of certain cheeses. At first they start off by simply asking their parents who both tell them no and advise them they need to buy their own. One of my favorite scenes was when Ivy tries to tell her mom to get the cheese for her while she’s sleeping. I couldn’t help but imagine the Turkeybird and Littlebug doing that at Ivy’s age, it’s hilarious! Eventually the girls discover that they could actually make money by working (even if that’s not their original intention). Their newspaper, The Flipping Pancake, comes together after snooping around the neighborhood in search of the next great news story. At the end of it all, though Ivy and Bean’s neighbors may be a little put out by their “dirty laundry” being shared it’s certain that the pair learns a little bit about the importance of earning something through hard work.
No News is Good News is absolutely right. Ivy and Bean, on their mission for cheese, discover that maybe the lives of their neighbors are better left behind closed doors and windows. Fortunately though they also discover that hard work does pay off when they are finally able to enjoy their delicious low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for you serving size and the pliable wax that surrounds it. This is a series I’ve thoroughly enjoyed and one I’m eager to read through with both my kiddos as they continue to grow up and do the hilarious things that only kids do. Annie Barrows coupled with Sophie Blackall’s fantastic illustrations make for one of the most superb children’s book series out there.
My original review was posted at There's A Book.
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lunch except for Ivy and Bean, but they’re on a mission. After Bean’s dad suggests a neighborhood newspaper the girls set out to discover exactly what goes on in the lives of their neighbors, even if that means peeking in a few windows.This has got to be one of my absolute favorite chapter book series ever! Annie Barrows understands kids so completely well that it has me second guessing her age; certainly she must still be ten years old? That’s probably not true, but what is true is the fact that each one of the Ivy and Bean books will have you in stitches while remembering either your own childhood or imagining your own children doing some of the whacky things that kids just do. Not only adults love this series, but kiddos absolutely relate even at a very very young age. This was the first book in the series that I’ve read with Littlebug and at only two and a half she loved every minute of it.
In this edition of Ivy and Bean, Non News is Good News, the pair are on a mission to get that waxy stuff around the outside of certain cheeses. At first they start off by simply asking their parents who both tell them no and advise them they need to buy their own. One of my favorite scenes was when Ivy tries to tell her mom to get the cheese for her while she’s sleeping. I couldn’t help but imagine the Turkeybird and Littlebug doing that at Ivy’s age, it’s hilarious! Eventually the girls discover that they could actually make money by working (even if that’s not their original intention). Their newspaper, The Flipping Pancake, comes together after snooping around the neighborhood in search of the next great news story. At the end of it all, though Ivy and Bean’s neighbors may be a little put out by their “dirty laundry” being shared it’s certain that the pair learns a little bit about the importance of earning something through hard work.
No News is Good News is absolutely right. Ivy and Bean, on their mission for cheese, discover that maybe the lives of their neighbors are better left behind closed doors and windows. Fortunately though they also discover that hard work does pay off when they are finally able to enjoy their delicious low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for you serving size and the pliable wax that surrounds it. This is a series I’ve thoroughly enjoyed and one I’m eager to read through with both my kiddos as they continue to grow up and do the hilarious things that only kids do. Annie Barrows coupled with Sophie Blackall’s fantastic illustrations make for one of the most superb children’s book series out there.
My original review was posted at There's A Book.
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LibraryThing member LibraryGirl11
Certainly not great literature, but Ivy and Bean are quintessential 1 stgraders. In this adventure, they need a get-rich-quick schemes so they can buy fancy wax-wrapped cheeses--for the wax. Their local newspaper gets them th money they need, but also lands them in hot water with the neighbors.
LibraryThing member noah23
This was an entertaining read, and I think most kids would agree. The storyline of these books seems like it would have mass appeal to children beginning to read, so would be good for the classroom. I appreciated that there are two protagonists--both girls--and that their characters don't submit to
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LibraryThing member Stahl-Ricco
One of the best in the series so far! The girls need to earn money for some cheese they want, specifically, "Lowfat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-you serving size". They don't want it for the cheese, they want it for the red wax! To earn the money, the create a newspaper for their
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neighborhood and in the process, get into a bit of mischief! A cute adventure and a great project idea for kids! Show Less
LibraryThing member EmLu
I really enjoyed the humor in this book, and Ivy and Bean's inventive, snarky personalities. Children will definitely be enthralled by this series and may be inspired by the girls' wacky hijinks (though hopefully not too inspired).
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2011