What's the Big Idea? Quotes

“There had been a problem in Bean's house. The problem was staples. Bean loved staples. She loved them so much that she had stapled things that weren't supposed to be stapled. The things looked better stapled, but her mother didn't think so, and now Bean was outside.

She was going to be outside for a long time.”
― Annie Barrows, What's the Big Idea?

“Bean decided to pay attention to what Ms. Aruba-Tate was saying. "Today, class, we are having a special science lesson." Science! Bean stopped thinking about Colorado. Science was usually dirt or fish, and Bean liked both of them.”
― Annie Barrows, What's the Big Idea?

“Bean and Ivy”
― Annie Barrows, Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?

“Yuck. Mold is gross,” said Bean.”
― Annie Barrows, Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?

“artificial”
― Annie Barrows, Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?