For Esme and Megan friends from the beginning A B For the other Ivy and her brother Moss S B Thanks to Dr George Matsumoto of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute for useful information regarding squid 4
CONTENTS BALLET OR BUST 7 DIP DIP CRASH 20 BAD NEWS BENEATH THE SEA 31 SQUIDS IN A FIX 40 GERMS OF HOPE 51 TIGHT TENTACLES 62 BYE-BYE BALLET 75 VERY FISHY 89 OCEAN LIFE GONE BAD 99 IN HOT WATER 112 SQUIDARINAS 121 5
BALLET OR BUST It was a book that started all the trouble Read read read That’s all grown-ups ever say to me said Bean but when I finally do read I get in trouble She slumped in her chair And then the grown-ups take the book away Ivy nodded It’s totally not fair she agreed And they shouldn’t blame us anyway It’s all Grandma’s fault
