Annie Barrows
All Books By Annie Barrows
Iggy Is Better Than Ever
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Kate Reinders
- Length: 1 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
The second book in the Iggy series about the lovable troublemaker by New York Times bestselling author Annie Barrows (Ivy + Bean).
One thing led to another . . .
Have you ever heard those words? Sometimes it means “Things got better.” That’s not what it means in this book. In this book, Iggy gets an idea–a perfectly fine idea–and then, unfortunately, the principal shows up, and then, even more unfortunately, there’s an incident with a basketball, and then, before you know it, Iggy’s flying through the air.
How did it all happen? It’s really hard to explain. You’d better read the book.
In the second book in Annie Barrows’s series about how causing a little bit of trouble can sometimes be a whole lot of fun, Iggy almost realizes that the consequences of his actions can affect others. Almost.
... Read moreIggy Is the Hero of Everything
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Kate Reinders
- Length: 1 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
The third book in the Iggy series about the lovable troublemaker from New York Times bestselling author of Ivy + Bean.
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.
In the third installment of Annie Barrows’s series about the secret joys of causing trouble, readers will learn about the power of interpretation (but we all know who’s really right).
... Read moreIggy Rules the Animal Kingdom
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Kate Reinders
- Length: 1 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4(1 ratings)
The fifth and final book in the Iggy series about the lovable troublemaker, perfect for fans of The Terrible Two series.
Grownups make no sense at all
They’re nuts about babies, but they tell their 9-year-olds to be more mature. They complain constantly about how old they are, and then they tell their kids to grow up. So when Iggy’s mom and dad say he can’t have a puppy because he’s not mature and responsible, Iggy develops an excellent plan to prove them wrong.
Like any great plan, it involves secrecy, strategy, and a chinchilla.
There’s also some screaming, but that’s not Iggy’s fault.
Is there a puppy, too? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
... Read moreIggy The Legend
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Kate Reinders
- Length: 1 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
The fourth book in the Iggy series about the lovable troublemaker from New York Times bestselling author of Ivy + Bean.
Grownups are always changing the rules!
When grown-ups make money, it’s good. But when Iggy makes money, all of a sudden it’s bad.
When grown-ups find something interesting on the sidewalk, it’s finders keepers. But when Iggy finds something (very) interesting, finders keepers turns into You’re In Trouble.
Why is Iggy being blamed for something they never said he couldn’t do?
What did he do, you ask? Something legendary!
Ivy & Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go (Book 2)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
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4.09(6 ratings)
Now that Ivy and Bean are friends, they do gymnastics club together, sit together in Ms. Aruba-Tate’s second grade, and tell each other their darkest secrets. And when Ivy discovers a ghost in the school bathroom, it will take both girls’ courage and imagination to make it go away. Another entertaining installment in this series about two mischievous, funny, clever girls.
... Read moreIvy & Bean Book 1
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
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4.34(92 ratings)
The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn’t be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to quickly hide and Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other. Vibrant characters and lots of humor make this a charming and addictive introduction to the Ivy and Bean Book Series.
From beloved children’s book author Annie Barrows, The Ivy & Bean collection has been delighting preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and kids of all ages for nearly two decades. Centered upon messages promoting friendship, empathy, and understanding, each book follows Ivy and Bean on their various adventures through adolescent life.
... Read moreIvy & Bean Bound to Be Bad (Book 5)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
The adventures of Ivy and Bean continue in paperback! In Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad the two girls decide to be so good and kind and pure of thought that wild animals will befriend them. When this doesn’t work, they decide that perhaps a little badness can be good.
... Read moreIvy & Bean Break the Fossil Record (Book 3)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
Ivy & Bean Doomed to Dance (Book 6)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
Finally! After months of begging their parents for ballet lessons, Ivy and Bean finally get what they want . . . well, not exactly. Much to their surprise, it turns out ballet lessons do not cover karate chops and roundhouse kicks. The girls have no interest in learning how to dance gracefully, but they promised their parents they would finish the entire balletcourse! When it comes time for Ivy and Bean to participate in the ocean-themed class recital, the girls must figure out a way to get out of it without breaking their promises.
... Read moreIvy & Bean Make the Rules (Book 9)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
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4.31(161 ratings)
Bean’s older sister is going to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp, where she will do Crafts and Music and First Aid and other secret things that Bean will never know about because girls have to be eleven to go to Girl Power 4-Ever Camp. Wait a second! Bean and Ivy can make their own camp, their own better camp: Camp Flaming Arrow, where counselors Ivy and Bean will give a whole new meaning to Crafts, Music, First Aid, and hands-on learning!
... Read moreIvy & Bean No News Is Good News (Book 8)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
The 8th book in the New York Times bestselling Ivy & Bean series is now available in paperback! Ivy and Bean need some money. Ten dollars, to be exact. Never mind what for. Okay, it’s for low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-one serving size. Don’t ask why. But how are Ivy and Bean going to make ten dollars? Hey, maybe they should write a newspaper about Pancake Court and sell it! Great idea! And easy, too. All they have to do is nose around the neighborhood. Wow–it’s interesting what comes out when snoops start digging. It’s even more interesting when the neighbors read about it in the newspaper.
... Read moreIvy & Bean One Big Happy Family (Book 11)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
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4.31(27 ratings)
Book 11 in The New York Times bestselling Ivy & Bean series.
Ivy & Bean Take Care of the Babysitter (Book 4)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
The adventures of Ivy and Bean continue in the latest installment from series creators Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall. In Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter, the two girls hatch a plan to prove that Bean’s big sister is the world’s worst babysitter. Of course plans go awry, but fun ensues!
... Read moreIvy & Bean Take the Case (Book 10)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
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!
... Read moreIvy & Bean What’s the Big Idea? (Book 7)
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Hallie Ricardo
- Length: 1 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: January 04, 2022
- Language: English
It’s the Science Fair, and the second grade is all over it! Some kids are making man-eating robots. Some kids are holding their breath for a very, very long time. Some kids are doing interesting things with vacuum cleaners. The theme, obviously, is global warming. But what should Ivy and Bean do? Something involving explosions? Or ropes? Somethingwith ice cubes? Or maybe . . . maybe something different.
... Read moreIvy and Bean: One Big Happy Family
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Annie Barrows
- Length: 1 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 07, 2018
- Language: English
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4.31(668 ratings)
Annie Barrows’ bestselling chapter book series, Ivy & Bean, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing–and reading-for more than a decade! With more than 5 million copies in print, Ivy & Bean return with a brand-new book for a new generation! Ivy & Bean are back . . . and they are funnier than ever! Ivy’s worried. She’s read a lot of books about only children, so she knows that they are sometimes spoiled rotten. They don’t share their toys. They never do any work. They scream and cry when they don’t get their way. Spoiler alert! Ivy doesn’t have any brothers or sisters. That’s why she’s worried. How can she keep from getting spoiled? She could give away all her clothes, but she’d probably get in trouble. She could give away all her toys, but she likes her toys. There’s really only one solution: she needs a baby sister, on the double! Luckily, Ivy and Bean know just where to get one.
... Read moreMagic in the Mix
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 16, 2014
- Language: English
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3.98(350 ratings)
Molly and Miri Gill are twins. They look the same, act the same, sometimes even think the same. But they weren’t always twins… Molly used to live in 1935, until Miri traveled back in time to save her from the clutches of Molly’s evil adoptive family. Only they know about the magic, and its power to set things right. So when home repairs unleash more unexpected magic from their very special… very magical old house, the girls set off on another time-traveling adventure to the Civil War where they race against the clock to save two unusual soldiers and come to terms with the truth about Molly’s real past.
... Read moreNothing
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Arielle DeLisle
- Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: September 05, 2017
- Language: English
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2.92(695 ratings)
From the acclaimed #1 New York Times-bestselling coauthor of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and the author of the award-winning and bestselling Ivy + Bean books!
This teen debut tells the story of Charlotte and Frankie, two high school students and best friends who don’t have magical powers, fight aliens, crash their cars, get pierced, or discover they are royal. They just go to school. And live at home. With their parents. A great read for fans of Becky Albertalli, Louise Rennison, and Adi Alsaid.
Nothing ever happens to Charlotte and Frankie. Their lives are nothing like the lives of the girls they read about in their YA novels. They don’t have flowing red hair, and hot romantic encounters never happen–let alone meeting a true soul mate.
They just go to high school and live at home with their parents, who are pretty normal, all things considered. But when Charlotte decides to write down everything that happens during their sophomore year–to prove that nothing happens and there is no plot or character development in real life–she’s surprised to find that being fifteen isn’t as boring as she thought.
It’s weird, heartbreaking, silly, and complicated. And maybe, just perfect.
... Read moreThe Best of Iggy
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Kate Reinders
- Length: 1 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ivy + Bean comes a hilarious new series featuring a high-energy, lovable troublemaker.
Meet 9-year-old Iggy Frangi. He’s not a bad kid, he’s really not. Okay, so he’s done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay, he’s not very sorry about most of them. People make a big deal about nothing. What’s a little pancake here and there? Is that something to get mad about? Iggy doesn’t think so. No one got hurt, so there’s no problem. No one got hurt except for that one time, that one time when the Best Idea Ever turned into the Worst Idea of All Time.
Iggy is sorry he did it. He is really, really, really sorry.
“For what?” you might ask. “What did he do?”
Well, you’ll have to read the book to find out.
Things Iggy will NOT do in this book:
Be the most polite kid ever.
Play the cello.
Think before acting.
Learn a lesson.
Regret his actions. (Most of them, anyway.)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
“Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. . . .
As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all.
Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever.
Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.
Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
“A jewel . . . Poignant and keenly observed, Guernsey is a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends.”—People
“A book-lover’s delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“A sparkling epistolary novel radiating wit, lightly worn erudition and written with great assurance and aplomb.”—The Sunday Times (London)
“Cooked perfectly à point: subtle and elegant in flavour, yet emotionally satisfying to the finish.”—The Times (London)
... Read moreThe Magic Half
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 02, 2014
- Language: English
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3.96(3731 ratings)
Miri is the non-twin child in a family with two sets of them – older brothers and younger sisters. The family has just moved to an old farmhouse in a new town, where the only good thing seems to be Miri’s ten-sided attic bedroom. But when Miri gets sent to her room after accidentally bashing her big brother on the head with a shovel, she finds herself in the same room…only not quite. Without meaning to, she has found a way to travel back in time to 1935 where she discovers Molly, a girl her own age very much in need of a loving family.
... Read moreThe Truth According to Us
- By: Annie Barrows
- Narrator: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 18 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
From the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society comes a wise, witty, and exuberant novel, perfect for fans of Lee Smith, that illuminates the power of loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to do what’s right.
Annie Barrows once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters. Her new novel, The Truth According to Us, brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever.
In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck’s father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom. But once she secures a room in the home of the unconventional Romeyn family, she is drawn into their complex world and soon discovers that the truth of the town is entangled in the thorny past of the Romeyn dynasty.
At the Romeyn house, twelve-year-old Willa is desperate to learn everything in her quest to acquire her favorite virtues of ferocity and devotion—a search that leads her into a thicket of mysteries, including the questionable business that occupies her charismatic father and the reason her adored aunt Jottie remains unmarried. Layla’s arrival strikes a match to the family veneer, bringing to light buried secrets that will tell a new tale about the Romeyns. As Willa peels back the layers of her family’s past, and Layla delves deeper into town legend, everyone involved is transformed—and their personal histories completely rewritten.
Read by Ann Marie Lee, Tara Sands, and Julia Whelan, with additional readings by Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Kirby Heyborne, Lincoln Hoppe, Paul Michael, Linda Montana, and Arthur Morey.
Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“A jewel . . . poignant and keenly observed . . . a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends.”—People
“Affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times.”—The Washington Post
“This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It’s as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A book-lover’s delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“A poignant, funny novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit . . . This one is a treat.”—The Boston Globe
“Smart and delightful . . . Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things