Katherine Hannigan

Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Katherine Hannigan

Marc Notes: First published: Harper Trophy, 2004.; Now with a new afterword, an interview, and an exclusive look at the new novel True-- sort of--Cover.; In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.; All ages. Publisher Marketing: Ida B. Applewood believes there is never enough time for fun. That's why she's so happy to be homeschooled and to spend every free second outside with the trees and the brook. Then some not-so-great things happen in her world. Ida B has to go back to that Place of Slow but Sure Body-Cramping, Mind-Numbing, Fun-Killing Torture--school. She feels her heart getting smaller and smaller and hardening into a sharp, black stone. How can things go from righter than right to a million miles beyond wrong? Can Ida B put together a plan to get things back to just-about perfect again? Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/01/2007 pg. 52 (EAN 9780060730260, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1032 (EAN 9780060730260, Paperback) Kirkus Best Books 03/01/2007 pg. 9 (EAN 9780060730260, Paperback) Booklist 05/15/2005 pg. 1681 (EAN 9781400090938, Analog Audio Cassette) Publishers Weekly 09/13/2004 (EAN 9781400090938, Analog Audio Cassette) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 56 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2005 pg. 55 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 687 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2004 pg. 44 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2004 pg. 709 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2004 pg. 123 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) Booklist 08/01/2004 pg. 1924 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) - *Starred Review Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2004 pg. 686 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 07/26/2004 pg. 55 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 08/01/2004 pg. 122 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) - *Starred Review Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 76 (EAN 9780060730253, Library Binding) Booklist 11/15/2004 pg. 599 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/15/2005 pg. 773 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2005 pg. 773 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 56 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2005 pg. 55 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 687 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1032 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2004 pg. 44 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2004 pg. 709 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2004 pg. 123 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Booksense '76 Childrens Aut 04 09/01/2004 pg. 1 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Booklist 08/01/2004 pg. 1924 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2004 pg. 686 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 08/01/2004 pg. 122 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 76 (EAN 9780060730246, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hannigan, Katherine Katherine Hannigan studied mathematics, painting, and studio art and has worked as the education coordinator for a Head Start program and, most recently, as an assistant professor of art and design. She is the author of True (. . . Sort Of), Emmaline and the Bunny, and the national bestseller Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World. She lives in Iowa with a bunch of cats and the occasional bunny or bird visitor. Her backyard hosts an additional array of creatures, including deer, raccoons, possums, and sometimes a skunk. But no alligators . . . yet!