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THE BEST OF IGGY

Sam Ricks Annie Barrows

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ivy + Bean comes a hilarious new middle grade series featuring a high-energy, lovable, troublemaker.
Meet Iggy Frangi. He's not a bad kid, he's really not. Okay, so he's done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay, he's not very sorry about most of them. People make a big deal about nothing. What's a little pancake here and there? Is that something to get mad about? Iggy doesn't think so. No one got hurt, so there's no problem. No one got hurt except for that one time, that one time when the Best Idea Ever turned into the Worst Idea of All Time.

Iggy is sorry he did it. He is really, really, really sorry.

"For what?" you might ask. "What did he do?"

Well, you'll have to read the book to find out.

The author, Annie Barrows, did none of the things in this book. As a kid, she was good and sweet and well-behaved. All the time, she was good. At least, no one ever caught her doing anything bad, which is the same as being good. She was so good that birds landed on her fingertips and sang. She was so good that people gave her candy for no reason. She was so good that her teachers cried when she went to the next grade. She got worse when she grew up.
She is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Ivy & Bean series and co-wrote the recently film-adapted The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. Annie Barrows is a household name for children and parents alike.

Sam Ricks is the illustrator of the Geisel Award-winner Don't Throw it to Mo! and the Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face books. He lives with his family in Utah.
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Published 2020-01-21 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

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Published 2020-01-21 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

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Fans of Barrows's 'Ivy + Bean' series and books about kids who often find themselves landing in trouble will appreciate this laugh-out-loud tale.

THE BEST OF IGGY book trailer is today's Shelf Awareness Book Trailer of the Day! Read more...

Only Annie Barrows could have penned this outrageously clever, laugh-out-loud book, a magical feat that somehow combines hilarious hijinks with a thoughtful look at why we make mistakes - and how we make amends. I haven't adored a well-intentioned troublemaker this much since Henry Huggins and Junie B. Guaranteed fun, this is the perfect family read.

Young readers, especially those with a passion for mischief, will hope there are more chapters of Iggy's exploits to come.

You'll be laughing so hard - pancake everywhere - that you won't even realize the young troublemaker just stole your heart.

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Nerdy Book Club has revealed the cover of Annie Barrows' highly anticipated new series launch, THE BEST OF IGGY! The reveal runs alongside a guest post from Annie about her inspiration for the book Read more...

If you've ever done anything you regretted, or never regretted anything you've done, IGGY is for you.

[A] lively illustrated series opener about Iggy Frangi, a mischievous, good-hearted nine-year-old who frequently lands himself in trouble and only sometimes regrets it... With Iggy, Barrows (the Ivy and Bean series) has created a realistic kid - passionate, funny, and sometimes misguided - whom readers will surely root for as he gains awareness of the relationship between choices and consequences.

Barrows's omniscient narrative voice is brilliant... Fellow fourth graders will love Iggy for his honesty and humor. But everyone will probably love him most for his motto: 'It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.'

THE BEST OF IGGY is An Indie Next Pick, Winter 2020 A Junior Library Guild Selection An Apple.com Most Anticipated Book of Winter 2020

The first of a series, this slender chapter book is inviting to pick up, hard to put down, and near-impossible to read without laughing out loud.

The portrait of a boy as a young rascal... Funny, silly, and fairly empathetic - and perhaps even consoling to young, impulsive people who hope to be better (someday).

Seriously: The Best of Iggy is one of the finest and funniest middle-grade books I've read in years.

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Wise, sensible, smart children everywhere will hurl themselves (safely) at this hilarious new series from Annie Barrows.

Fabulously funny and perceptive... Let's just say that children with impish tendencies will finish this book feeling seen and understood. And the next time they get into trouble, you can expect to hear all about the extenuating circumstances.

Humorous and action filled... [students] will be reminded that reading can be fun.