# Books like Ivy and Bean

**10** books similar to *Ivy and Bean* by Annie Barrows (Early Chapter Book · 580L · grades 2–4), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** friendship, family, humor
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/ivy-and-bean
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Mercy Watson to the Rescue](https://readinglist.school/book/mercy-watson-to-the-rescue) by Kate DiCamillo _(450L · Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, family, and humor, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and same genre (Early Chapter Book).
- [Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/geronimo-stilton-lost-treasure-of-the-emerald-eye) by Geronimo Stilton _(530L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, family, and humor, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (530L vs 580L).
- [Flat Stanley](https://readinglist.school/book/flat-stanley) by Jeff Brown _(540L · Grades 1–3)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and same genre (Early Chapter Book).
- [Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)](https://readinglist.school/book/magic-tree-house-dinosaurs-before-dark) by Mary Pope Osborne _(510L · Grades 1–4)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and same genre (Early Chapter Book).
- [The 13-Story Treehouse](https://readinglist.school/book/the-13-story-treehouse) by Andy Griffiths _(560L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship and humor, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (560L vs 580L).
- [Beanie the Bansheenie](https://readinglist.school/book/beanie-the-bansheenie) by Eoin Colfer _(Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of humor, same genre (Early Chapter Book), and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Like](https://readinglist.school/book/like-barrows) by Annie Barrows _(Grades K–4)_ — Is by Annie Barrows, the same author and overlapping grades (K–4).
- [Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School](https://readinglist.school/book/scare-school-diaries-welcome-to-scare-school) by Jarrett Lerner _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship and humor, same genre (Early Chapter Book), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Picture Purrfect (Bodega Cats #1)](https://readinglist.school/book/picture-purrfect-bodega-cats) by Hilda Eunice Burgos _(Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Early Chapter Book), and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [My Father's Dragon](https://readinglist.school/book/my-fathers-dragon) by Ruth Stiles Gannett _(990L · Grades 2–4)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Early Chapter Book), and overlapping grades (2–4).

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