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As your guardian I should probably reprimand you for throwing a green bean at another student’s face. But as your uncle…nice aim, kiddo.
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Ivy Smoak (Empire High Untouchables (Empire High, #1))
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If you had duct tape, you were prepared for anything.
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Annie Barrows (Make the Rules (Ivy & Bean #9))
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Ivy! It's a natural disaster! You have to be there!
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter (Ivy & Bean #4))
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There had been a problem in Bean's house. The problem was staples. Bean loved staples. She loved them so much that she had stapled things that weren't supposed to be stapled. The things looked better stapled, but her mother didn't think so, and now Bean was outside.
She was going to be outside for a long time.
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Annie Barrows (What's the Big Idea? (Ivy and Bean, #7))
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You are so weird sometimes.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter (Ivy & Bean #4))
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When grown-ups asked you to sit in a circle, they were usually about to tell you something you didn't want to hear. Ms. Aruba-Tate, Ivy and Bean's second-grade teacher, was forever gathering them in a circle for bad news. Like, the class fish died over the weekend. Or, everyone has to start using real punctuation. Or, the pencil sharpener is off-limits. Circles meant trouble.
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Annie Barrows (Doomed to Dance (Ivy & Bean #6))
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That meant that Nancy was the grown-up, the one who got to decide everything. And it meant that Bean was the little, boring, poopy baby who didn't get to decide anything.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter (Ivy & Bean #4))
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Bean decided to pay attention to what Ms. Aruba-Tate was saying. "Today, class, we are having a special science lesson." Science! Bean stopped thinking about Colorado. Science was usually dirt or fish, and Bean liked both of them.
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Annie Barrows (What's the Big Idea? (Ivy and Bean, #7))
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I don’t think they’re really mad,” said Ivy. “You don’t?” They had seemed pretty mad to Bean. “They have to act mad so they’ll seem fair to your sister,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
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Annie Barrows lebt mit ihrem Mann und zwei Töchtern in Kalifornien. Die eine Tochter ist wie Ivy, die andere wie Bean. Sie brauen eine Menge Zaubertränke.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy & Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go)
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$16 9. What’s Ivy’s last name? a. McIntosh b. Pippin c. Braeburn d. Smith 10. Eric tried to break the world’s record for . . .
(Hint: Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record, BOOK )
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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Oh boy, you’re an Ivy and Bean expert now!
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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Dicky and Maude lived within familiar confines: the Ivy League, the Junior League, The Social Register, Emily Post, Lilly Pulitzer, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Windsor knots, cummerbunds, needlepointed tissue box covers, L.L. Bean, Memorial Day, Labor Day, waterfowl-based décor.
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Maggie Shipstead (Seating Arrangements)
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IVY + BEAN QUIZ! HOW WELL DO YOU REALLY KNOW IVY AND BEAN? 1. What fruit does Bean smash into Leo’s hair?
(Hint: Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go, BOOK ) a. bananas b. spiders c. plums d. kumquats 2. What is the name of the dog that lives on Pancake Court?
(Hint: Ivy and Bean, BOOK )
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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good—forever,” said Ivy. She had come up behind Crummy Matt, and now she stood next to Bean. “She’ll never do
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 2)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
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Nancy thought Bean was a pain and a pest. Bean thought Nancy was a booger-head.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take the Case)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take the Case)
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THE GHOST OF PANCAKE COURT Bean
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (One Big Happy Family (Ivy & Bean #11))
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I’m going to throw up,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take the Case)
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He pointed to a door.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 2)
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bottom of the sea,” whispered Ivy. Bean
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 2)
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Have you looked in the mirror lately?” asked Bean.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record)
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want to, you say it’s not a good idea.” She shook her head. Grown-
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record)
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Grown-ups were so weird.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record)
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You can do whatever you want if you don’t care what people think,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record)
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Who thought of money?
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take the Case)
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Bean looked over at Zuzu and Vanessa’s Graphing chart. They had done it all in different shades of pink.
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Annie Barrows (One Big Happy Family (Ivy & Bean #11))
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 3 (Ivy & Bean #7-9))
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I CAN’T HEAR YOU, BUT YOU’D BETTER GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW OR YOU’LL BE SORRY.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Make the Rules)
Annie Barrows (One Big Happy Family (Ivy & Bean #11))
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Yuck. Mold is gross,” said Bean.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: No News Is Good News)
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The only state they cared about was Colorado,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Get to Work! (Book 12) (Ivy & Bean, 12))
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Then she said a bad word.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter)
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She had spilled on her shirt.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Doomed to Dance)
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care what people think,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 3 (Ivy & Bean #7-9))
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 3 (Ivy & Bean #7-9))
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 3 (Ivy & Bean #7-9))
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
Annie Barrows (One Big Happy Family (Ivy & Bean #11))
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take the Case)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
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please.” Bean’s mother said that Nancy was going through a stage.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Make the Rules)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Make the Rules)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
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SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE NEXT IVY & BEAN ADVENTURE
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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Annie Barrows (Ivy & Bean)
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Arms and legs lying around?” asked Bean. Gross. But interesting. “Yeah,” said Ivy. “He was a really bad wolf until he met that good guy.” Bean pictured herself patting the wolf’s shaggy head. He was trotting alongside her with his wolf claws clicking on the sidewalk.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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[Pythagoras] is one of the most interesting and puzzling men in history. Not only are the traditions concerning him an almost inextricable mixture of truth and falsehood, but even in their...least disputable form they present us with a very curious psychology...He founded a religion, of which the main tenets were the transmigration of souls and the sinfulness of eating beans...His religion...acquired control of the State and established a rule of the saints. But the unregenerate hankered after beans, and sooner or later rebelled.
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Bertrand Russell (A History of Western Philosophy Vol. I/VI (A History of Western Philosophy, #1))
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tightwad,” said Bean. She had just learned that word. It meant someone who didn’t like to spend money. “Don’t call your sister a tightwad,” said Bean’s mom. Bean saw Nancy’s eyes looking at her in the mirror. “Tightwad,” Bean mouthed without any sound. Nancy’s eyes got
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
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Five million girls in pink Girl Power 4-Ever shirts were squirming around outside the Youth Center, waiting for camp to begin. They hugged each other and squealed. They showed each other their cell phones. They sang. They danced. They giggled. They were all bouncy and happy and busy.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Make the Rules)
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Soon there were grown-ups scattered all across the grass. In the dark, they looked like laundry. “Now,” said Bean in a loud voice. “Look up into the sky. Smell how nice the grass is. Listen to the trees. And just rest. Don’t talk. Don’t do anything. And don’t worry. You’re totally safe.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 3 (Ivy & Bean #7-9))
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Bean looked up into the sky. What if someone was watching her through a giant magnifying glass and thinking the same thing she was? What if she was as small as an ant compared to that someone? And what if that someone was an ant compared to the next world after that? Wow. Bean waved at the sky. Hi out there, she thought.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 3 (Ivy & Bean #7-9))
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shaking her head. “She showed him.” For a few minutes, Ivy and Bean sat in silence, thinking. “Okay,” Ivy said finally. “I’m Giselle, and you’re the duke.” “All right,” said Bean. “But next time, I get to be Giselle.” It was fun playing Giselle, even though Ivy’s mom wouldn’t let them dance with a knife and they had to use a Wiffle bat instead. After they had each been Giselle a couple of times, they were Wilis, waving long Scotch-tape fingernails as they danced various people to death. “Mrs. Noble!” shrieked Bean. “I’m dancing Mrs. Noble to death.” Ivy ran to get a pair of her mother’s high heels and pretended to be Mrs. Noble, a fifth-grade teacher who had once given Ivy and Bean a lot of trouble.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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when you say you’re sorry, people say something nice back to you. Not Mrs. Trantz. She said, “I don’t think you’re sorry, Bernice. If you were sorry, you wouldn’t keep coming into my garden when I have asked you not to. Do I need to call your mother again?” She smiled in an unfriendly way. Bean heard Ivy sucking in her breath. She’s about to do something, thought Bean.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
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they were tired of that so they ripped open the package and sat down side by side on Ivy’s couch to look at The Royal Book of the Ballet. “I heard that sometimes their toes bleed when they’re dancing,” said Bean. “The blood leaks right through the satin part.” “That’s gross,” said Ivy, turning the pages. Suddenly she stopped. “Whoa, Nellie,” murmured Bean, staring. “Is she kicking his head off?” asked Ivy in a whisper. “That’s what it looks like,” said Bean. “What’s this one called, anyway?” Ivy flipped back a few pages. “Giselle,” she said, reading quickly. “It’s about a girl named Giselle who, um, dances with this duke guy, but he’s going to marry a princess, not Giselle, so she takes his sword and stabs herself.” Ivy and Bean found the picture of that.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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Get it, get it, get it!” moaned Bean. She had never been so bored in her entire life. She was so bored she fell on the floor. Then she took a tiny peek up at the lady in the dressing room next door. Yow. “Get up, Bean!” said her mother. “This minute.” Bean got up and sat on the triangle seat again. She waited. Nancy looked at herself. “I kind of like it,” Nancy said. “But it costs forty dollars. That’s all my
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
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Ivy’s face turned red. “Nobody,” she said. Bean could tell she was lying. “Come on. Who?” Ivy’s face got redder. “Come on. Tell me!” said Bean. Ivy looked at the dirt. “You,” she said in a low voice. “Me?!” yelped Bean. “What did I ever do to you?” “I’m sorry,” said Ivy. She did look sorry. “That’s okay,” said Bean. There was a pause. “My mother keeps on saying what a nice girl you are,” Ivy said. “She’s always
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 1)
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big grin spread over Bean’s face. “How much?” “Not much.” Ivy said. “Just a handful.” They looked at each other and began to laugh. When Bean woke up, it was dark. She sat up and peered out the window. Wow, she thought. I did it. Outside, a streetlight shone down on a car and the empty sidewalk. Everyone was asleep. Even though she hadn’t really expected to wake up in the middle of the night, Bean had placed a pair of scissors on the table beside her bed. She took hold of them, pointy end down,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go)
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Bean sighed inside herself and turned to look at Monkey Park. Its real name was Mrs. Taylor Hopper Ansuch Memorial Park, but everybody called it Monkey Park because it had a fountain with a statue of a smiling monkey in the middle. The monkey was dressed in a shiny blue suit, and he held a big, shiny platter of oranges and grapes. The fountain water spurted out of his hat. Besides the fountain, Monkey Park had one big flat field and one not-so-flat field and a playground filled with babies. There were some trees and some bushes and some flowers.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Make the Rules)
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really a rock dressed in clothes. All the dolls were seated around a doll-size blanket. Even the mushy baby dolls that couldn’t sit by themselves had been propped up with blocks. In the middle of the blanket lay a Barbie doll, wrapped up in toilet paper. All the other dolls were watching her. “Neat,” said Bean. “A mummy.” “Yeah,” said Ivy. “I’m going to build a pyramid to bury her in. As soon as I figure out how.” “I know how,” said Bean. “Nancy made one out of sugar cubes last year. I can’t believe your parents let you draw lines on your floor.” “It’s only chalk,” said Ivy.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean)
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Her father took her plate away. Bean slumped against the back of her chair. “Thanks dude. I owe you one.” “Don’t call me dude,” said her dad. “You’re doing the dishes.” “What?! It’s Nancy’s turn!” yelped Bean. “It was Nancy’s turn until you licked your plate. Now it’s your turn,” said her dad. “That’s totally unfair!” huffed Bean. “I couldn’t help it! Haven’t you ever heard of forces beyond your control?” “Yes,” said her dad. “That’s exactly what’s going to make you do the dishes. Get moving.” Bean clumped into the kitchen. “Bean, you didn’t see my pink yarn, did you?” Oops. Bean tried to roll behind the couch, but
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter)
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It was a book that started all the trouble. “Read, read, read! That’s all grown-ups ever say to me,” said Bean, “but when I finally do read, I get in trouble.” She slumped in her chair. “And then the grown-ups take the book away.” Ivy nodded. “It’s totally not fair,” she agreed. “And they shouldn’t blame us anyway. It’s all Grandma’s fault.” Ivy’s grandma had sent her the book. It was called The Royal Book of the Ballet. Each chapter told the story of a different ballet, with pictures of fancy girls in feathery tutus and satin toe shoes. Bean was at Ivy’s house on the day it arrived. They were supposed to be subtracting, but
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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Bean the Wili chased Mrs. Noble around the house, waggling her fingernails and screaming. Finally, when they were both laughing so hard they couldn’t dance any more, they rushed into the kitchen and fell over on the floor. “Well, look who’s here,” said Ivy’s mom. She was making dinner. “Mom,” Ivy said when she got her breath back, “I have to take ballet class.” Ivy’s mom stirred something into something else. “You had to take ice-skating, too.” Ivy wiggled her toes. “Yeah, but that was a mistake.” “How do you know ballet isn’t a mistake, too? Those skates were expensive.” “Ballet is different,” Ivy explained. “Ballet isn’t freezing and dumb. Ballet is pretty. And it’s good for you.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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I’m going to take it, too,” Bean said. “That way, we can help each other during the hard parts.” Ivy’s mom looked at Bean in a surprised sort of way. “You’re going to take ballet?” “Sure.” Bean’s mom would be happy to let her take ballet. Bean was certain of it. After all, Bean thought, her mother liked nice stuff. And ballet was nice. Except for the part where you danced people to death. The funny thing was, Bean’s mother wasn’t happy to let her take ballet. Not at all. “You’ll start it, and then you’ll decide you hate it and want to quit.” “No, I won’t. I’ll love it,” Bean said. “I’ll bet you a dollar you’ll hate it,” said Nancy. Nancy had taken ballet when she was Bean’s age. Bean remembered the time Nancy had cried because she was a chocolate bar in a ballet about candy.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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Ew,” said Bean. “But interesting.” “Yeah, and then she turns into a ghost with all these other girls. They’re called the Wilis.” The picture showed a troop of beautiful women dressed in white. They had very long fingernails. “And then,” Ivy read on, “the duke goes to see Giselle’s grave, and she comes out with the Wilis, and they decide to dance him to death.” Ivy stared at the picture. “To death.” Bean leaned over for a closer look. It was pretty amazing. Giselle’s pointed toe had snapped the duke’s head up so that his chin pointed straight up to the sky. It would fall off in a moment. The Wilis stood in a circle, waving their long fingernails admiringly. Bean lifted the page, wishing that she could see more of the picture, but there was no more. There never was. “Wow,” she said,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad)
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Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung has come and gone, and the majestic roll of circling centuries begins anew: justice returns, returns old Saturn's reign, with a new breed of men sent down from heaven. Only do thou, at the boy's birth in whom the iron shall cease, the golden race arise, befriend him, chaste Lucina; 'tis thine own apollo reigns. And in thy consulate, this glorious age, O Pollio, shall begin, and the months enter on their mighty march. Under thy guidance, whatso tracks remain of our old wickedness, once done away, shall free the earth from never-ceasing fear. He shall receive the life of gods, and see heroes with gods commingling, and himself be seen of them, and with his father's worth reign o'er a world at peace. For thee, O boy, first shall the earth, untilled, pour freely forth her childish gifts, the gadding ivy-spray with foxglove and Egyptian bean-flower mixed, and laughing-eyed acanthus. Of themselves, untended, will the she-goats then bring home their udders swollen with milk, while flocks afield shall of the monstrous lion have no fear. Thy very cradle shall pour forth for thee caressing flowers. The serpent too shall die, die shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far and wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon as thou hast skill to read of heroes' fame, and of thy father's deeds, and inly learn what virtue is, the plain by slow degrees with waving corn-crops shall to golden grow, fom the wild briar shall hang the blushing grape, and stubborn oaks sweat honey-dew. Nathless yet shall there lurk within of ancient wrong some traces, bidding tempt the deep with ships, gird towns with walls, with furrows cleave the earth. Therewith a second Tiphys shall there be, her hero-freight a second Argo bear; new wars too shall arise, and once again some great Achilles to some Troy be sent.
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Virgil (The Eclogues)
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Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung has come and gone, and the majestic roll of circling centuries begins anew: justice returns, returns old Saturn's reign, with a new breed of men sent down from heaven. Only do thou, at the boy's birth in whom the iron shall cease, the golden race arise, befriend him, chaste Lucina; 'tis thine own apollo reigns. And in thy consulate, this glorious age, O Pollio, shall begin, and the months enter on their mighty march. Under thy guidance, whatso tracks remain of our old wickedness, once done away, shall free the earth from never-ceasing fear. He shall receive the life of gods, and see heroes with gods commingling, and himself be seen of them, and with his father's worth reign o'er a world at peace. For thee, O boy, first shall the earth, untilled, pour freely forth her childish gifts, the gadding ivy-spray with foxglove and Egyptian bean-flower mixed, and laughing-eyed acanthus. Of themselves, untended, will the she-goats then bring home their udders swollen with milk, while flocks afield shall of the monstrous lion have no fear. Thy very cradle shall pour forth for thee caressing flowers. The serpent too shall die, die shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far and wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon as thou hast skill to read of heroes' fame, and of thy father's deeds, and inly learn what virtue is, the plain by slow degrees with waving corn-crops shall to golden grow, fom the wild briar shall hang the blushing grape, and stubborn oaks sweat honey-dew. Nathless yet shall there lurk within of ancient wrong some traces, bidding tempt the deep with ships, gird towns with walls, with furrows cleave the earth. Therewith a second Tiphys shall there be, her hero-freight a second Argo bear; new wars too shall arise, and once again some great Achilles to some Troy be sent. Then, when the mellowing years have made thee man, no more shall mariner sail, nor pine-tree bark
ply traffic on the sea, but every land shall all things bear alike: the glebe no more shall feel the harrow's grip, nor vine the hook; the sturdy ploughman shall loose yoke from steer, nor wool with varying colours learn to lie; but in the meadows shall the ram himself, now with soft flush of purple, now with tint
of yellow saffron, teach his fleece to shine. While clothed in natural scarlet graze the lambs.
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Virgil (The Eclogues)
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Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung has come and gone, and the majestic roll of circling centuries begins anew: justice returns, returns old Saturn's reign, with a new breed of men sent down from heaven. Inly do thou, at the boy's birth in whom the iron shall cease, the golden race arise, befriend him, chaste Lucina; 'tis thine own apollo reigns. And in thy consulate, this glorious age, O Pollio, shall begin, and the months enter on their mighty march. Under thy guidance, whatso tracks remain of our old wickedness, once done away, shall free the earth from never-ceasing fear. He shall receive the life of gods, and see heroes with gods commingling, and himself be seen of them, and with his father's worth reign o'er a world at peace. For thee, O boy, first shall the earth, untilled, pour freely forth her childish gifts, the gadding ivy-spray with foxglove and Egyptian bean-flower mixed, and laughing-eyed acanthus. Of themselves, untended, will the she-goats then bring home their udders swollen with milk, while flocks afield shall of the monstrous lion have no fear. Thy very cradle shall pour forth for thee caressing flowers. The serpent too shall die, die shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far and wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon as thou hast skill to read of heroes' fame, and of thy father's deeds, and inly learn what virtue is, the plain by slow degrees with waving corn-crops shall to golden grow, fom the wild briar shall hang the blushing grape, and stubborn oaks sweat honey-dew. Nathless yet shall there lurk within of ancient wrong some traces, bidding tempt the deep with ships, gird towns with walls, with furrows cleave the earth. Therewith a second Tiphys shall there be, her hero-freight a second Argo bear; new wars too shall arise, and once again some great Achilles to some Troy be sent.
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Virgil (The Eclogues)
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Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung has come and gone, and the majestic roll of circling centuries begins anew: justice returns, returns old Saturn's reign, with a new breed of men sent down from heaven. Only do thou, at the boy's birth in whom the iron shall cease, the golden race arise, befriend him, chaste Lucina; 'tis thine own apollo reigns. And in thy consulate, this glorious age, O Pollio, shall begin, and the months enter on their mighty march. Under thy guidance, whatso tracks remain of our old wickedness, once done away, shall free the earth from never-ceasing fear. He shall receive the life of gods, and see heroes with gods commingling, and himself be seen of them, and with his father's worth reign o'er a world at peace. For thee, O boy, first shall the earth, untilled, pour freely forth her childish gifts, the gadding ivy-spray with foxglove and Egyptian bean-flower mixed, and laughing-eyed acanthus. Of themselves, untended, will the she-goats then bring home their udders swollen with milk, while flocks afield shall of the monstrous lion have no fear. Thy very cradle shall pour forth for thee caressing flowers. The serpent too shall die, die shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far and wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon as thou hast skill to read of heroes' fame, and of thy father's deeds, and inly learn what virtue is, the plain by slow degrees with waving corn-crops shall to golden grow, fom the wild briar shall hang the blushing grape, and stubborn oaks sweat honey-dew. Nathless yet shall there lurk within of ancient wrong some traces, bidding tempt the deep with ships, gird towns with walls, with furrows cleave the earth. Therewith a second Tiphys shall there be, her hero-freight a second Argo bear; new wars too shall arise, and once again some great Achilles to some Troy be sent. Then, when the mellowing years have made thee man, no more shall mariner sail, nor pine-tree bark ply traffic on the sea, but every land shall all things bear alike: the glebe no more shall feel the harrow's grip, nor vine the hook; the sturdy ploughman shall loose yoke from steer, nor wool with varying colours learn to lie; but in the meadows shall the ram himself, now with soft flush of purple, now with tint
of yellow saffron, teach his fleece to shine.
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Virgil (The Eclogues)
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Harmful to Cats and Dogs. The list was broken down into two categories. Toxic to Felines: Amaryllis, Autumn Crocus, Azaleas and Rhododendrons, Bleeding Hearts, Castor Bean, Chrysanthemum, Cyclamen, English Ivy, Lilies, Oleander, Peace Lily, Spanish Thyme, Tulip and Narcissus bulbs, Yews Toxic to Canines: Castor Bean or Castor Oil Plant, Cyclamen, Dumb Cane, Hemlock, English Ivy, Mistletoe, Oleander, Thorn Apple, Yews
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Karen R. Smith (Gilt by Association (A Caprice De Luca Mystery Book 3))
Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Bundle Set 2)
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He could not swear, ride a horse, wear a ring (unless open and hollow) or any knot at his belt or on his head, touch a dog, a horse, a she-goat, fermented flour or raw flesh, ivy or broad beans, or pass under the shoots of vines stretched overhead, stay away from home three nights in a row, or leave the house without his headdress, which was cut from the white skin of a victim sacrificed to Jupiter and topped by an olive wood wand enveloped in woollen thread (filum), to which the flamen perhaps owed his name. He must never go where a dead person was being burnt, or touch a corpse. The feet of his bed had to be smeared with mud, and no one but he had the right to sleep in it. His nail clippings and hair cuttings had to be buried at the foot of a 'lucky' tree (dear to the gods, and fruit-bearing). A thick woollen cloak (laena) woven by his wife distinguished him when he sacrificed. If he lost his wife (the flaminica), he lost his priesthood, which was matrimonial.
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Robert Turcan (The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times)
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There has to be a way,” she said, determinedly. “Nothing is impossible.” Bean stared at her. “It’s impossible for us to be good at ballet.” “Well, that, sure,” said Ivy. “But it’s not impossible for us to break our arms.
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean Doomed to Dance)
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Ivy had been practicing to become a witch for a long time. She was going to be one when she grew up,
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Annie Barrows (Ivy and Bean: No News Is Good News)