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beasleysbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Every once in a while you just need to read a fun children’s book. Bean reminds me a lot of myself because she’s a little bit of a rascal, and she’s pretty mean to her sister—which young me was very much mean to my sisters.
These books are fun because they’re imaginative. They show kids that using your imagination is a tool for having a good time! It can sometimes get you into trouble… but oh well, right?
I have no plan to continue reading these unless the copies fall in my lap, but it’s a cute little series.
These books are fun because they’re imaginative. They show kids that using your imagination is a tool for having a good time! It can sometimes get you into trouble… but oh well, right?
I have no plan to continue reading these unless the copies fall in my lap, but it’s a cute little series.
sean67's review against another edition
4.0
Second entry in the Ivy & Bean series is just as amusing as the first and just as charming with a ridiculously bonkers story about a ghost and the girls schemes and plans and stories. A fun read.
librarianinthewoods's review against another edition
2.0
I liked the first book so much better. This second book did not impress me. It's perfect for Eleanor's reading level and she likes it - which is the important bit, but eh. We'll read more though I'm sure but these don't compare to Ramona books or the like. I hope the third surprises me.
loreofthebooks's review against another edition
2.0
I will admit to skimming after the first twenty or so pages. I got bored. Which, I think, is most likely because this book was aimed at younger readers. And as I said in my review for the first one, clearly kids like this series. I see it going out and coming back in a lot.
Which is why I read it in part, so I could at least have some foundation to know what about it was so intriguing. I don't think I've figured that out yet, but my assumption is kids like it for different reasons.
And so, I skimmed the middle, read the end, to just get an idea.
I would suggest this book for younger readers, especially those who may just be getting into longer chapter books.
Which is why I read it in part, so I could at least have some foundation to know what about it was so intriguing. I don't think I've figured that out yet, but my assumption is kids like it for different reasons.
And so, I skimmed the middle, read the end, to just get an idea.
I would suggest this book for younger readers, especially those who may just be getting into longer chapter books.
ashleysbooknook's review against another edition
1.0
Meh. There was nothing good in these characters. I don't see any need to read a book like this. The sibling relationships are terrible. The friends are good and in the end of this story, there was a short line or two about the girls saying something nice to a boy they had a feud with before. So they decided to be nice, but that was about all there was as far as good goes. I definitely won't be sharing this series with Eve.
As for this specific story- the girls convinced the whole second grade that the bathroom was haunted. I thought for sure an adult would show them that the vapor that they were seeing was something innocent, but their teacher told them never to talk about it again and another teacher kept punishing them. Come to think of it, all the adults were terrible. I didn't notice this trend until someone pointed it out. Why do adults have to be so negative in books? Beans mom was "too lazy" to leave the house and come get her from Ivy's house. Ivy's mom wasn't present. Like I said, the teachers were mean and bad. Ugh. And then, back to the haunting thing, the girls make a potion and do a dance/chant to expel the ghost. The whole thing is creepy and ends with a toilet over flowing in an attempt to hide the gifts they brought for the ghost from the mean teacher. So I guess everyone thinks that the bathroom is no longer haunted? I guess. So yeah, not just an iffy series on general, but a spooky book specifically!
As for this specific story- the girls convinced the whole second grade that the bathroom was haunted. I thought for sure an adult would show them that the vapor that they were seeing was something innocent, but their teacher told them never to talk about it again and another teacher kept punishing them. Come to think of it, all the adults were terrible. I didn't notice this trend until someone pointed it out. Why do adults have to be so negative in books? Beans mom was "too lazy" to leave the house and come get her from Ivy's house. Ivy's mom wasn't present. Like I said, the teachers were mean and bad. Ugh. And then, back to the haunting thing, the girls make a potion and do a dance/chant to expel the ghost. The whole thing is creepy and ends with a toilet over flowing in an attempt to hide the gifts they brought for the ghost from the mean teacher. So I guess everyone thinks that the bathroom is no longer haunted? I guess. So yeah, not just an iffy series on general, but a spooky book specifically!
drewjameson's review against another edition
5.0
I finally read one of these to Alice and it is incredible. I really underestimated this series. It does an incredible job of explaining the subtle ins and outs of being a kid, social dynamics between friends, girls, kids and adults, in syntax that is exactly simple enough for kids to read. It's leveled perfectly for second graders, but with deceptively complex ideas. And it explores "being naughty" in a way that is healthy and not annoying for adults. This is the new Ramona, as far as I'm concerned.