Ivy and Bean Take the Case (Ivy and Bean Series #10)

by Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)

Overview

Watch out, you diabolical masterminds! There's a new detective on Pancake Court: Bean! She laughs at danger! She solves even the most mysterious mysteries! What? There aren't any mysteries? Then Bean and her assistant, Ivy, will make some!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452128719
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Series:	Ivy and Bean Series , #10
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Annie Barrows is also the author of The Magic Half and its forthcoming sequel, Magic in the Mix. Her adult books include the bestselling The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. She lives in Northern California.

Sophie Blackall has drawn Ivy and Bean over 700 times. She has illustrated 20 picture books and written a few too. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Hometown:

Berkeley, CA

Date of Birth:

August 24, 1962

Place of Birth:

San Diego, CA

Education:

University of California at Berkeley, B.A. in Medieval History; Mills College, M.F.A. in Creative Writing

Editorial Reviews

"Another fun-filled conundrum for these beloved characters."—The San Francisco Chronicle"

These early chapter books continue to please: cleverly entertaining stories, and illustrations to match."-The Horn Book Magazine"

Only a stooge couldn't love Ivy and Bean."-Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

The intrigue swirls thick 'round Pancake Court. Inspired by a black-and-white movie her mother watches with her even though it's not on the list of 10 movies without mean people, smoking, bad words and tiny clothes, Bean goes into the PI business. Donning an old fedora, in no time she attracts the attention of the other neighborhood children, including best friend Ivy. Bean solves a couple of mysteries--what's under the cement lids in all the lawns, why the letter carrier takes a two-hour nap every day--but the kids are not particularly impressed. Then a real mystery arises: A bright yellow rope appears, tied around Dino's chimney and trailing onto his lawn. Incredibly, each day it lengthens, sprawling around the cul-de-sac and evidently evading the notice of every adult there. Bean's reputation is at stake. Her efforts to nab Mr. Whoever-ties-the-rope involve lots of shared speculation and a midnight stakeout with loyal Ivy…but no perp. As always, Barrows' keen understanding of children yields scenarios that are right on the money: Bean cheerfully watches her mother's favorite noir classic and gleans only the details her mother would rather she not have noticed; she sets and resets a kitchen timer four times in order to wake up at midnight. And her nonsolution results in a conclusion that will madden adults but that is wisely, perfectly childlike. Only a stooge couldn't love Ivy and Bean. (Fiction. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews