Barrows, Annie

It's Career Day at Emerson Elementary School, and all the students have to choose what they want to be when they grow up. No problem. Ivy and Bean already have that all figured out. At least, they thought so, until they met Herman the Treasure Hunter. Now everyone in the second grade is looking for treasure-and finding it.

After watching a movie about a detective on the television, Bean decides to set up shop as a private investigator--and she and Ivy start looking for mysteries to solve.

When Bean's teacher gives her a world record book, the whole second grade makes plans to break a record. Bean and Ivy concoct a very special plan that includes dirt, fossils, and tape.

Second-graders Ivy and Bean set out to expel the ghost who is living in the girls' bathroom at their school.

When Bean's parents leave her in the care of her older sister Nancy for the afternoon, she enlists her neighbor and best friend Ivy to come over and teach Nancy how to be a really good babysitter.

"From Iggy's point of view, his plan was genius, pure genius. From Iggy's point of view, he's saved (a) his candy, (b) his family, and (c) the toaster. From Iggy's point of view, he should get a trophy. And respect. And more candy. So what if Rudy Heckie disagrees? Rudy Heckie has been wrong before and he'll be wrong again. Rudy has a scar now, and scars are cool! He should be happy. So should Mr. Heckie. So should Iggy's mom and dad. Everyone should be happy. Specifically, everyone should be happy with Iggy. But are they? It all depends on your point of view"--From the publisher's web site.

Fourth-grader Iggy Frangi and his friends, afraid the principal saw them pulling a big prank, vow to be so good they are invisible, but learn that being too good causes trouble, too.

Seven-year-old Bean is too young to go to the camp her sister Nancy is attending, so she and her best friend Ivy decide to create their own camp.

Little John Marco is a keen observer of his world, but nobody--not his big brothers and sisters, not his parents, 0000is neighbors--listens to him; and only the fat orange cat in the front yard agrees with him that the tree in the yard is falling down.

When Bean's older sister goes to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp, Bean and Ivy decide to create their own camp, their own better camp. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.