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Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Brand: Harper Collins Publishers
List Price: $17.99
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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.

DESCRIPTION:

Manufacturer Maximum Age: 7
Binding: Hardcover
Brand: Harper Collins Publishers
EAN: 9780060542092
ISBN: 0060542098
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: 2005-12-01
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: 2005-12-13
Studio: HarperCollins


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
• Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly
• Pinkalicious
• Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!!
• Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely adorable book for little girls
Comment: This is a girly-girl book for your little princess. Nancy is fancy and much to her chagrin must instruct her family in how to be fancy.

Customer Rating:
Summary: 5 Stars from a very unfancy guy
Comment: I absolutely love this book. I am not fancy. My four girls are not fancy. But we adore this book. It is about a girl who has passion and wants to share it with the world. Go for it Nancy! Even when things don't go as planned, the family rallies around her and life goes on. This book is about much more than fanciness.
I love the illustrations. The image of the family making an "entrance" to the restaurant is a classic!
I admit that we tried a fancy excursion to the miniature golf course. I don't think the kids particularly liked their mom and dad all dressed up but we had a ball.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad value system I do not want my daugher to emulate
Comment: I really dislike these Fancy Nancy books. The character is pretentious and conceited, and looks down on her parents for their simple style. I think books like these tend to perpetuate a value system that places looks ahead of character. I love it when my daughter dresses up, but I don't want her to buy into a materialistic, mass-consumption lifestyle that I think is shallow.

Customer Rating:
Summary: We got this for my niece's birthday
Comment: I don't think Nancy is bratty or conceited - I think she's a little girl who, like many young children, likes shiny and "fancy" things. And she has remarkably supportive parents - just look at their shopping list! Milk, eggs, bread, fuschia hair mousse.

The pictures are... interesting. They really accurately capture the moods of the characters - the little sister copying her big sister (or grumbling as the crown is patiently taped back on her head!), the kid jumping for excitement. All the same, the actual pictures of the characters seems a little off to me. Like the scene where we see Nancy peeking from behind the fridge door after she taped the poster on it. Realistic? Yes. Do I like it? For some reason, no. It's just a matter of simple preference, and not something I'd rate down for.

I will rate down for the text. It's a bit dull, and while I appreciate the effort to cram new vocabulary words in (Posh is a fancy word for fancy!) I find it all to be a excessively... what is that fancy word? Oh yes, didactic. I found this method of teaching to be condescending when I was a child, and now that I'm *reading* to kids I don't like it any more.

The storyline's a bit bland, too. How many stories do we need about children having minor mishaps and getting hugged? Nothing against it, but surely the market must be glutted by now? (Which reminds me, I'm also not a fan of all the merchandising surrounding this book, but that's an unrelated issue.) And as for "there isn't a fancier or better way of saying I love you", I get the point, but sure there is! My nieces come up with them every day! "You're my sunshine" and "You make me happy whenever I'm with you" and "Your smile brightens cloudy days" and "When you cry, it hurts my heart", and my personal favorite, "You're the BEST, Connie!", accompanied by a BIG HUG. (Not to mention all the nonverbal ways of saying you love somebody - hugging them, snuggling them, being fancy for them, getting them something nice just because you know it'll make them happy, giving them the last piece of cake instead of squabbling over it, covering up for your sister's mistake by claiming YOU scribbled on the wall and not her (not something I want to encourage, but it's the thought, right?), asking your aunt if your sister can come out of time-out because you don't REALLY mind that she hit you, you forgive her - lots of ways!)

My nieces enjoy this book, I guess, although it isn't their favorite.

Customer Rating:
Summary: A STAR IS BORN
Comment: I think this is the first in a delightful series that takes a fresh look at a young child's imagination and creativity. What makes the book captivating is that it is based in the real world. There is the makeover of a simple bedroom and the makeover of an ordinary family going to a fast food restaurant. Who would have thought this simple beginning could morph into the wonderful world of Fancy Nancy. The only problem I encountered was that my 3 1/2 year old granddaughter could not really enjoy this title in the series because there is so much emphasis on "parents" and "family". She is struggling to understand why her parents are no longer together and getting divorced. The book turned out to be too painful for her to read, but she loves Fancy Nancy with all her heart.

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