“When grown-ups asked you to sit in a circle, they were usually about to tell you something you didn't want to hear. Ms. Aruba-Tate, Ivy and Bean's second-grade teacher, was forever gathering them in a circle for bad news. Like, the class fish died over the weekend. Or, everyone has to start using real punctuation. Or, the pencil sharpener is off-limits. Circles meant trouble.”
― Doomed to Dance
― Doomed to Dance
“If you had duct tape, you were prepared for anything.”
― Make the Rules
― Make the Rules
“That meant that Nancy was the grown-up, the one who got to decide everything. And it meant that Bean was the little, boring, poopy baby who didn't get to decide anything.”
― Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter
― Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter
“You are so weird sometimes.”
― Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter
― Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter
“There had been a problem in Bean's house. The problem was staples. Bean loved staples. She loved them so much that she had stapled things that weren't supposed to be stapled. The things looked better stapled, but her mother didn't think so, and now Bean was outside.
She was going to be outside for a long time.”
― What's the Big Idea?
She was going to be outside for a long time.”
― What's the Big Idea?
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