Ivy Takes Care, Rosemary Wells
Ivy Takes Care, Rosemary Wells
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Ivy Takes Care

Author: Rosemary Wells

Narrator: Emily Beresford

Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/12/2013

Synopsis

After her best friend, Annie, leaves for a fancy camp in New Hampshire, Ivy can’t imagine how she’s going to endure the long, hot Nevada summer with no one around but that pain-in-the-neck Billy Joe Butterworth next door and all those melancholy visitors to the Red Star Guest Ranch. Happily, an answer comes to Ivy in a flash of honey-colored topaz, and she cleverly hires herself out to take care of people’s farm animals or pets while they’re away. So begins a summer of discovery for tenderhearted but sensible Ivy, who must win over the stubborn pony Chestnut, take on the challenge of training a puppy named Inca, and patiently court the trust of the magnificent but scarred racehorse Andromeda. All this while tending to her own private hurts and hopes and managing the hapless tagalong Billy Joe, who has a knack for trouble and accidents like nobody else!Celebrated writer Rosemary Wells delivers a compassionately observed and exquisitely distilled novel set in the midcentury Southwest about a young heroine with an exceptional gift, a heart of gold, and a budding dream for her future.

About Rosemary Wells

Rosemary Wells has written and/or illustrated more than 120 books for children and has received many awards for both her writing and her illustration. She is the author of On the Blue Comet, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline; the co-author (with Secundino Fernandez) of My Havana: Memories of a Cuban Boyhood, illustrated by Peter Ferguson; and the author of Lincoln and His Boys, illustrated by P.J. Lynch. She is also the creator of the beloved Max and Ruby stories and the illustrator of My Very First Mother Goose and Here Comes Mother Goose, both edited by Iona Opie. Rosemary Wells lives in upstate New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on February 12, 2014

Summer of 1949 doesn't start out in the best way for Ivy. Her closest friend, Annie, has been changing from the down-to-earth girl she used to be. Ivy has so much to keep herself grounded, it's unlikely she could ever be uprooted from the simple lifestyle she and her family leads, managing the Red......more

Goodreads review by Alex on April 22, 2013

It is summer 1949 and Ivy's best friend Annie is leaving Nevada for her fancy camp in New Hampshire. On her way to say goodbye, Ivy finds an injured turtle, which she put in her bike basket and takes to Annie's house. But when she arrives, a snooty camp friend is also there and it is clear she does......more

Goodreads review by Katie on December 18, 2016

It is summer 1949, and Ivy’s best friend Annie has left for summer camp. Since the girls said goodbye on somewhat rocky terms, Ivy decides that she wants to buy Annie one of the birthstone rings girls in their class at school like to buy for each other as symbols of friendship. Since the rings cost......more

Goodreads review by Suzanna on September 25, 2019

Good growing-up story at just the right level for L - a few really nice pencil illustrations, larger font and double spaced. We took turns reading. Story set in the 50s, themes about work ethic and friendship for discussion. Also led to a few talks about divorce- that with a little bit of language m......more

Goodreads review by June on March 26, 2018

This story is set in the summer of 1949 on a dude ranch located in the mountains of northwester Nevada. Ivy's parents work for the owners of the Red Star Guest Ranch as the wrangler/tour guide and cook. The family struggles to make ends meet each month of the year. Ivy is an eleven-year old who will......more

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