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

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 hide, quick! Ivy comes t

Ivy and Bean decide to be good, kind, and pure of thought in the hopes that the wild animals will befriend them, but when their plan doesn't work, they decide s

A "storehouse of knowledge and information on every subject that enters into girl-life" [p. 2], covering elegant household arts, home duties, study and self-imp