- ISBN13: 9780061549236
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Fancy Words Are Simply Fascinating! From everyone’s favorite fancy girl comes an alphabetical guide to enhancing vocabulary. Why say beautiful when there are fancy words like gorgeous and glamorous? Instead of hello, try bonjour, which is French and so much fancier. An umbrella will keep you dry, but a parasol will make you feel like a Hollywood movie star! With this helpful A-to-Z guide, Fancy Nancy shows that making plain words into fancy ones is not only e… Buy From AMAZON.COM >>
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Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany
March 10th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
We weren’t acquainted with Fancy Nancy, but we will definitely be checking out more of her books in the future. (She reminds us a bit of Gooneybird Green: Gooney Bird Greene).
In this book the focus is ‘fancy words’. As Fancy Nancy explains, “[W]hen you use one in a sentence, it’s like adding sprinkles to vanilla ice cream!”
Generally speaking, the words are great choices: Accessories, Boa, Canine, Dapper, Excursion, Fiasco…. Each is given it’s own page, a colorful picture, and a sample sentence, such as: “I dropped all the parfaits. What a fiasco!”.
The cover on the hard back is special. It has raised letters that are all fancy and sparkly. Definitely worth a trip to the library. This one will help build vocabulary in a fun way.
The Accelerated Reading level is 3.2 which means that the average 3rd Grader in the second month of school should be able to read it themselves without getting frustrated.
Pam T~
mom and reviewer for BooksForKids-Reviews
Rating: 3 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
I love this book – and the other Fancy Nancy books too. It’s adorable and it’s perfectly illustrated. I wish the author would incorporate more languages than French.
Rating: 4 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
This is an excellent book for a beginner reader. The character fits the personality of little first grade girls who are beginning to learn about so many things and this is a pleasant and enjoyable way to introduce them to vocabulary.
Rating: 3 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
As a teacher, when I spot appealing books that also are teaching tools, I’m hooked! What I love about this book is the appropriateness for a broad range of ages. My 3 year old grand-daughter is learning how to use many of these colorful words as well as students in third grade. The illustrations capture a child’s imagination and aptly illustrate the meaning of the words. I have nothing but praise for all of Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser’s books.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 11th, 2010 at 1:44 am
Nancy, who is into fancy words, says that when you use one in a sentence, “it’s like adding sprinkles to vanilla ice cream!” Fancy words are fine and dandy and can come in handy when a gal wants to feel a bit more grownup and sophisticated (that kind of means to be a bit more grown up acting and have good taste in things, but that word isn’t in this book). You only have to take an excursion (a special trip) through this book to find all kinds of fancy Nancy words from A to Z that you didn’t know before!
Every letter has a fancy word, a neat definition (one you can understand) and a sentence with the word in it. Take for example, the letters K and L . . .
“Knack – a talent or a clever way of doing something”
“Lavender – fancy for light purple”
“I have a knack for mixing and matching ensembles. Take it from me, lavender works with almost anything.”
Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser are a dynamic duo and their Fancy Nancy books are loads of fun, to say nothing of educational. The combination of definition, the inclusion of the word in a sentence and appealing definitions can encourage many children to painlessly expand their vocabularies. They describe their own work with the letter O. “Ooh la la!-French for `Look! How Wonderful!’”
Rating: 5 / 5