{"product_id":"the-best-of-iggy-isbn-9781984813305","title":"The Best of Iggy","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of Ivy + Bean comes a hilarious new series featuring a high-energy, lovable troublemaker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet 9-year-old 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIggy is sorry he did it. He is really, really, really sorry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For what?\" you might ask. \"What did he do?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, you'll have to read the book to find out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThings Iggy will NOT do in this book:\u003cbr\u003eBe the most polite kid ever.\u003cbr\u003ePlay the cello.\u003cbr\u003eThink before acting.\u003cbr\u003eLearn a lesson.\u003cbr\u003eRegret his actions. (Most of them, anyway.)\u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next Pick, Winter 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e An Apple.com Most Anticipated Book of Winter 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTexas Bluebonnet Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003eYoung Hoosier Award Nominee (IN)\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Readers Choice Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003eGreat Stone Face Book Award Nominee (NH)\u003cbr\u003eMaud Hart Lovelace Award Nominee (MN)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ “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.” –\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.'\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eextenuating circumstances\u003c\/i\u003e.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[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.” –\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “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).” –\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Young readers, especially those with a passion for mischief, will hope there are more chapters of Iggy’s exploits to come.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” –\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Humorous and action filled . . . [students] will be reminded that reading can be fun.” –\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Connection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is deeply ethical and totally hilarious. It's wise, generous, and delightfully unsanctimonious. Seriously: \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Iggy\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the finest and funniest middle-grade books I’ve read in years.” –\u003ci\u003eMac Barnett, author of the bestselling Kid Spy series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Warning: Do not let ‘extenuating circumstances’ keep you from getting to know the inimitable Iggy. You’ll be laughing so hard—pancake everywhere—that you won’t even realize the young troublemaker just stole your heart.” \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e–\u003ci\u003eMegan McDonald, author of the Judy Moody and STINK series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” –\u003ci\u003eKatherine Applegate, Newbery Medal Winner for The One and Only Ivan”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “You’d have to have a heart of stone not to love Iggy. It’s not his fault he’s always in trouble. Well, it’s mostly his fault, but there are Very Compelling Extenuating Circumstances. Wise, sensible, smart children everywhere will hurl themselves (safely) at this hilarious new series from Annie Barrows.” –\u003ci\u003eSophie Blackall, Caldecott Medal Winner and illustrator of the Ivy + Bean series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “If you've ever done anything you regretted, or never regretted anything you've done, IGGY is for you.”\u003ci\u003e –Jon Scieszka, inaugural National Ambassador for Young People's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Barrows\u003c\/b\u003e did none of the things in this book. As a kid, Annie Barrows 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. \u003cbr\u003eShe got worse when she grew up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Ricks\u003c\/b\u003e is the illustrator of the Geisel Award-winner \u003ci\u003eDon't Throw it to Mo!\u003c\/i\u003e and the Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face books. He lives with his family in Utah. Twitter @Samuelricks \/ Website samricks.com","brand":"G.P. 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