Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
9080
Points per Word
0.00011
Page Count
136
Points per Page
0.007353
Series
Ivy and Bean
Description
Ivy and Bean, two second-grade friends, convince their parents to let them take ballet lessons. When they are cast as squids in the school recital, they devise a plan to avoid the performance they find boring, difficult, and potentially embarrassing. The story follows their attempts to get out of the dance.