Countdown to Ivy and Bean Blog-A-Bration! Book Four

We’re up to Book Four in the Ivy and Bean Blog-A-Bration Celebration for the upcoming release of Book Nine in the series, Ivy and Bean Make the Rules. This week I’m focusing on something that’s a passion of mine…illustrations.

I’m a sucker for an incredibly well illustrated children’s book and Sophie Blackall is one of my favorites. Her illustrations are found in a number of books outside of the Ivy and Bean series including a favorite of mine, Missed Connections. Sophie has a light touch to her illustrations that I feel aid in the whimsical quality of the books she illustrates. Also, if you’re eager to get your hands on Sophie’s artwork she actually has an Etsy shop with some of her prints up for sale!

Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall

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!

At the end of the nine week celebration there will be a Grand Prize selected from all of the previous winners from all of the participating blogs! Be sure to stop by each of the blogs below to enter and possibly win this huge Grand Prize:

• A complete set of Ivy and Bean hardcover books signed by Annie Barrows
• 1 set of Ivy and Bean Paper Dolls
• 1 Ivy and Bean Button Factory
• 1 Ivy and Bean READ Poster signed by Annie Barrows
• Set of Ivy and Bean Silly Bandz
• Set of Ivy and Bean stickers
• AND – a super-secret really cool prize we’re working on (stay tuned!)

Media Darlings
Kid Lit Frenzy
In the Pages
The O.W.L.
Coquette Maman
Ruth Ayres Writes
Watch. Connect. Read.
One Page to the Next
Van Meter Library Voice
The Family That Reads Together
Roundtable Reviews for Kids
sharpread
The Children’s Book Review
The O.W.L.

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