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Book Summary
Ivy and Bean are best friends.They seem to start a lot of activities and then they quit. Bean's grandmother send her a book about ballet and as the two girls look over the book, they dream about doing the same dance moves. Both girls beg their mothers to sign them up, and the deal was none of them could complain. When they realized they are bad at dancing they had planned and schemed of ways to get out of the dance recital. The girls were given the roles of squids.They thought about breaking their arms, spraining their arms, catching a cold, and run away. Their class goes on a field trip to the aquarium. Ivy and Bean take off from their class to find a place to hide. On their mini adventure, they saw a film pertaining to squids. The film scared the girls, so they changed their runaway plans and went home. After trying on their costumes, the girls decided that being squids would be fun after all.
Ivy and Bean are best friends.They seem to start a lot of activities and then they quit. Bean's grandmother send her a book about ballet and as the two girls look over the book, they dream about doing the same dance moves. Both girls beg their mothers to sign them up, and the deal was none of them could complain. When they realized they are bad at dancing they had planned and schemed of ways to get out of the dance recital. The girls were given the roles of squids.They thought about breaking their arms, spraining their arms, catching a cold, and run away. Their class goes on a field trip to the aquarium. Ivy and Bean take off from their class to find a place to hide. On their mini adventure, they saw a film pertaining to squids. The film scared the girls, so they changed their runaway plans and went home. After trying on their costumes, the girls decided that being squids would be fun after all.
APA Reference of Book
Barrows, A., & Blackall, S. (2009). Ivy Bean doomed to dance. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
Impressions
The book has started off slow. I first thought that in today's time, the story line would not be very well received with students now-a-days. As I read more, and finished the book I really began to like the characters and their personalities. I will use this book to read to my class.
The book has started off slow. I first thought that in today's time, the story line would not be very well received with students now-a-days. As I read more, and finished the book I really began to like the characters and their personalities. I will use this book to read to my class.
Professional Review
This delightful series, for more independent readers, shows how best friends learn to work together, solve problems, and have loads of surprising fun. Full of expressive black line illustrations, Book 6 has Ivy and Bean launching into ballet lessons thinking they have it made—or they are in over their heads? Will their friendship survive multiple disappointments? As the title implies and several chapters indicate, such as "Dip, Dip, Crash!" and "Bad News Beneath the Sea," unpleasant circumstances turn Ivy and Bean into master schemers. They are intent on finding a way to escape tremendous humiliation when ballet teacher Madame Joy casts them as Two Friendly Squids in her original production. As they stumble through practice sessions, they cannot believe they had begged for lessons. "We have made a terrible mistake." However, Ivy and Bean are definitely not quitters, except when it came to playing softball which was an entirely different situation. Performing "Wedding Beneath the Sea" on a real stage in a real theater as part of The World of Dance would be awesome. These best friends have incentive to remain true to their own creative devices. As plans for an aquarium field trip are announced, the girls decide to run away. An aquarium would be a quiet, safe place to lay low for awhile, and their ticket out of the ballet for good. Areas like Coastal Zones, the Kelp Forest, and where penguins, alligators, and sharks are located certainly offer possibilities. But when they come to "Life without Light: Creatures of the Deep Sea," they find the best, temporary hideaway. Or did they? Chapters called "Ocean Life Gone Bad" and "In Hot Water" tell about discovering a real squid that isquite frightening, but "oh, so interesting." Lastly, "Squidarinas" concludes the book with the girls deciding they have some authority to educate others about real squids. The once dreaded ballet production becomes exciting. It can be an artful scientific lesson that everyone will enjoy. Once again life is good, ballet is actually pretty fun. Ivy and Bean have brought readers another splendid adventure. Part of the "Ivy and Bean" series. Reviewer: Susan Treadway, M.Ed.
Treadway, S., M.Ed. (n.d.). Ivy and Bean Doomed to Dance (Ivy and Bean Series #6). Retrieved from http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ivy-and-bean-doomed-to-dance-annie-barrows/1018814563#productInfoTabs
Library Uses
This book would be a good story to help teach children about starting something and never quitting. Children don't follow through on what they start, because once it gets too hard, or confusing, they quit. Children haven't learned problem solving skills, and this book is one of many that would introduce them to solving issues even with a sense of humor.
This book would be a good story to help teach children about starting something and never quitting. Children don't follow through on what they start, because once it gets too hard, or confusing, they quit. Children haven't learned problem solving skills, and this book is one of many that would introduce them to solving issues even with a sense of humor.
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