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123 pp.
| Chronicle |
April, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8118-5685-0$14.99
(2)
1-3
Illustrated by
Sophie Blackall.
In their fourth book, Ivy and Bean make the best of a bad situation when Bean's parents leave her in the care of her eleven-year-old sister, Nancy. Fast-moving short chapters overflow with a sense of how kids really talk and play. Text and illustrations are as fine a match as Ivy and Bean themselves, each offering different strengths that support the other infinitely well.