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Ivy & Bean Books in Order

Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows contains 12 books, published between 2006 and 2021. The first book is Ivy and Bean (2006) and the newest is Get to Work! (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2006–2021
Pages on record
489 in 4 of 12 books
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Ivy & Bean is a series by Annie Barrows, with Ivy and Bean as the catalogued fictitious characters. The catalogue lists 12 books, from Ivy and Bean (2006) to Get to Work! (2021), with titles such as The Ghost That Had to Go (2006) and Break the Fossil Record (2007). One book's description has seven-year-old Bean playing a mean trick on her sister and finding support from Ivy, the new neighbour. Subjects include friendship, best friends, neighbours, schools, sisters, family life and humorous stories.

How many Ivy & Bean books are there?

Ivy & Bean has 12 books, released between 2006 and 2021.

Ivy & Bean Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Ivy & Bean books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows, book 1 of the Ivy & Bean series (2006)
  2. Cover of The Ghost That Had to Go by Annie Barrows, book 2 of the Ivy & Bean series (2006)
  3. Cover of Bound to be Bad by Annie Barrows, book 5 of the Ivy & Bean series (2008)
  4. Cover of Doomed to Dance by Annie Barrows, book 6 of the Ivy & Bean series (2009)
  5. Cover of What's the Big Idea? by Annie Barrows, book 7 of the Ivy & Bean series (2010)
  6. Cover of No News Is Good News by Annie Barrows, book 8 of the Ivy & Bean series (2011)
  7. Cover of One Big Happy Family by Annie Barrows, book 11 of the Ivy & Bean series (2018)
  8. Cover of Get to Work! by Annie Barrows, book 12 of the Ivy & Bean series (2021)
  1. 1
    Ivy and Bean2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  2. 2
    The Ghost That Had to Go2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  3. 3
    Break the Fossil Record2007 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007114
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  4. 4
    Take Care of the Babysitter2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Bound to be Bad2008 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008120
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  6. 6
    Doomed to Dance2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    What's the Big Idea?2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    No News Is Good News2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    Make the Rules2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    Take the Case2013 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013127
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  11. 11
    One Big Happy Family2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  12. 12
    Get to Work!2021 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021128
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Is there a chronological order for Ivy & Bean?

No separate chronological order is on record for Ivy & Bean, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Ivy & Bean books in order?

You should read the Ivy & Bean books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ivy & Bean book also stands alone.

Where to start with Ivy & Bean

Start with Ivy and Bean (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ivy & Bean book?

Get to Work! (2021) is the newest Ivy & Bean book released so far.

Is there a new Ivy & Bean book coming?

No next Ivy & Bean book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ivy & Bean at a glance

Paused
No new Ivy & Bean title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Ivy & Bean books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
489 pages across the 4 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 124 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ivy & Bean books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2000s.

What the Ivy & Bean books are about

All 12 Ivy & Bean books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Annie Barrows

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.