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| Fancy Nancy | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane O'connor
Creator: Robin Preiss Glasser
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
List Price: $17.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  161 reviews
Sales Rank: 421
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Age: 4 - 7 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.2 x 0.5
MPN: 9780060542092
ISBN: 0060542098
EAN: 9780060542092
ASIN: 0060542098
Publication Date: December 1, 2005
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Product Description
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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Loved, Loved, Loved this one! January 1, 2006
64 out of 74 found this review helpful
Fancy Nancy is a book I can relate too, even thirty plus years after being a little girl who would have LOVED to have my "fanciness" appreciated by my family! I appreciate the wisdom and creativity of our little protagonist - she is a good peer role model for the young picture-book set.
I am buying two copies - one for my seventy-three year old mother who is a "Fancy Nancy" herself and also for myself... my children may borrow it to read, but I will keep it in my room to read-aloud and laugh and laugh and laugh!
Oh - a special nod, too, for the "fancy" illustrations. Loved each and every one.
Completely and utterly charming!:5++ October 8, 2006
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
After running across Fancy Nancy while surfing amazon.com, I went to Borders Bookstore to see it in the flesh and was instantly captivated. It's a good-sized picture book with the most remarkable illustrations imaginable! There's even glitter incorporated into the book's cover. Having a "fancy nancy" granddaughter who turns five later this month, it will make the perfect gift (and if I ever need an illustrator I'm calling on Robin Priess Glasser!!).
Jane O'Connor's story is about a little girl who loves being fancy (you should see her room!). No one seems to understand that lace-trimmed shoes do help her play soccer better, and sandwiches definitely taste better with frilly toothpicks stuck in them; but, Nancy eventually convinces her unfancy family to fancy up and go out to dinner one evening. They all have a great time until disaster falls (well, not really a big deal in the scheme of things, but certainly so to a very young fancy lady). She finds out her family still loves her even when they all end up covered in ice cream sundaes...oops, I mean parfaits. She also learns that there's no fancy way to tell someone you love him/her, except to say, "I love you."
This book is precious beyond words. I'm having second thoughts about parting with it. I might have to get another copy for my little one. Oh yes, and it's up for a Quill award (consumer choice award)in the best children's illustrated book category. The awards take place this very next week (Oct 10) in New York City.
One thing I know for sure: I know how I'm going to fancy up my black pumps when my husband and I go steppin' out tonight!
Carolyn Rowe Hill
 Not a great example March 28, 2006
23 out of 44 found this review helpful
Someone recommended this book for my children. After reading a copy, I decided against it.
This book seems cute, but it is not an example I would like my children to follow. It's more than just dressing up. Nancy looks down on her family because they are not "fancy" enough. This may seem cute because Nancy is just a kid, but I have known too many people who think like this well into adulthood. The ending is just barely a lesson about love and acceptance.
Terrible message--why teach kids to be pretentious? March 23, 2006
22 out of 49 found this review helpful
I would give it zero stars if possible....
My friend's mother-in-law got it for her new baby. The title character, Nancy, is pretentious and obnoxious. She thinks here family is not fancy enough because they dress conservatively. She thinks everything sounds fancier when said in French and needs to be over the top.
Why would you encourage children to act like that? It's bad enough there are so many grown-up prima donnas out there. I know this is just a kids' book and I probably shouldn't take it so seriously. I would never expose a child to this kind of thinking.
Fancy Is As Fancy Does! January 3, 2007
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this beautiful book for my fancy 3 year old granddaughter, Mary Mace, and she absolutely LOVES it. I read it first and now I want my own copy! The illustrations are magnificent---vibrant, alive and dazzling on every page. The story is educational and instructional. Nancy loves everything fancy from pink boas to sparkling tiarras and high heels....but alas, her family is plain. So Nancy decides to give them "fancy" lessons to which they willingly comply. In the end, Nancy comes to realize that plain is not so bad, either, as long as your loved. This is a light-hearted, well-told story which I highly recommend for girls of all ages.
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