Fancy Nancy
by Jane O'Connor
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Author: Jane O'ConnorBrand: Harper Collins
Illustrator: Robin Preiss Glasser
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-13
ISBN: 0060542098
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: HarperCollins
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- ISBN13: 9780060542092
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Fancy Nancy
Book Review: Banish Eloise. Welcome Nancy.
Summary: 5 Stars
Eloise doesn't translate to the new millennium. The Plaza's gone to hotel heaven; might we interest you in a condo? Anyway, a spoiled child terrorizing well-meaning employees is no longer charming. (Was it ever?) And as for Eloise's absentee mother....
Still, girls love the core aspect of Eloise: dress-up and pretend. I learned this the hard way when I publicly declared our daughter was destined to go through life as a tomboy. Yes, she was --- when she was three. But now she is five and changing clothes a dozen times a day. And she loves "Fancy Nancy."
"Fancy Nancy" is about to become an industry. There's already a sequel, and I see a slew of books coming, not to mention dolls and accessories. But we still have time to give our daughters a healthy dose of this charming little girl before we're inundated by Nancyana.
What's great about Nancy is that she's no raving beauty. She's got curly hair and a bit of a pudge. What makes her special is her love of frills and bows, satins and silks. She's covered her walls with travel posters and fashion pictures. Her dress-up chest is overflowing. And when we meet her, she's wearing a tutu, ballet shoes --- and a miniature tiara.
Her favorite color: fuscia. Her pen: feathered. Her problem: her family. Very not fancy. "They never even ask for sprinkles."
So Nancy gets a "stupendous" idea. ("That's a fancy word for great.") She'll offer "fancy" lessons.
She puts a note on the refrigerator. Soon there's a knock on her door. Her mother, father and little sister have come to sit at her feet and learn how to be "fancy."
In her parents' room, there's a search for fancy clothes. Of course there are none, so Nancy rushes off for....accessories. And then, with her family hopelessly tarted up, it's out to dinner.
Something happens at dinner to puncture Nancy's grandiosity. In the end, Nancy's a regular girl again. Oh, maybe with a few grand tendencies.
The story's told in short bursts of narrative, all told by Nancy. The illustrations are charming (the sparkles on the cover are especially appreciated). For those who fear the ghost of Eloise has slipped into this next-generation cosmopolitan kid, a real-live 5-year-old and her father can attest that 30 pages of Nancy are not too many at all. And we expect to feel that way until someone here turns 7.
Summary of Fancy Nancy
Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy is determined to teach her family a thing or two about being fancy.
How Nancy transforms her parents and little sister for one enchanted evening makes for a story that is funny and warm -- with or without the frills.
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