title: Ivy & Bean: Bound to Be Bad (Ivy & Bean, Book 5)
author:  Annie Barrows 
description: Ivy and Bean return in their fifth story in whichboth girls take their goodness to a new level. Ivy, having heard about St. Francis, thinks it might be nice to be so pure of heart that animals follow her around. She tries to get Bean to be good, and then to be bad, so thatshe can reform her and the neighborhood bully, Matt, in the process.Though not quite as crisp as the first books in the series, this is still plenty of fun, especially for the duos many fans. As always, Blackalls delightful illustrations add smiles and substance. Grades 1-3. --Ilene Cooper
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  **IVY + BEAN**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # **IVY + BEAN**
  
  
  **BOOK 1**
  
  
  written by annie barrows + illustrated by sophie blackall
  
  
  ![Image](../images/pub.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Clio, of course, but also for Claire, Keith, Maddy, Sam, Vincenzo,
  Melissa, Quinn, Chephren (and Jennifer Ennifer), Noah, Jonathan, Raejean,
  Dominic, Tanisha, Veronica, Christopher, Gabi, Xenia, Paul, and Amber —A. B.
  
  
  For Olive and Eggy —S. B.
  
  
  First paperback edition published in 2007 by Chronicle Books LLC.
  
  
  Text © 2006 by Annie Barrows.  
  Illustrations © 2006 by Sophie Blackall.  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  The illustrations in this book were rendered in Chinese ink.  
  eISBN: 978-0-8118-7651-3
  
  
  The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:  
  Barrows, Annie.  
  Ivy and Bean / by Annie Barrows ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.  
  p. cm.  
  Summary: When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds
  unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor