(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser & Ted Enik. Fancy Nancy demonstrates her resourcefulness after a rainstorm and traffic jam force her to miss the class trip to a planetarium. The art in this serviceable tale shows Nancy as glammed up as ever, but, in a refreshing departure, the "fancy" stuff isn't center stage. The book concludes with "Fancy Nancy's Fancy Words" (also known as a glossary). This inexpensive paper-over-board edition includes an appendix celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of I Can Read.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. Nancy's fancy dog, Frenchy, is a tolerable terror, but the pooch goes too far when she wrecks Nancy's new backpack, which Nancy painstakingly fancied up for the new school year. At puppy school, Frenchy shapes up, after which the beginning-reader story fizzles out. Still, Nancy's fans will get their frilly, frothy fill via Enik's Robin Preiss Glasser–imitating art. Glos.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. Nancy is cuckoo for fifth grader Violet, her big-kid reading buddy (Buddies); Nancy finds her school's Backward Day to be thrillingly confusing--and sees an opportunity to finagle a class fashion show (Backward). Despite the limited vocabulary in these easy readers, O'Connor keeps things fresh and fancy. The illustrations, "based on the art of Robin Preiss Glasser," hit all the frilly-flowery marks. Glos. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy Best Reading Buddies and Fancy Nancy It's Backward Day!.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. Nancy is cuckoo for fifth grader Violet, her big-kid reading buddy (Buddies); Nancy finds her school's Backward Day to be thrillingly confusing--and sees an opportunity to finagle a class fashion show (Backward). Despite the limited vocabulary in these easy readers, O'Connor keeps things fresh and fancy. The illustrations, "based on the art of Robin Preiss Glasser," hit all the frilly-flowery marks. Glos. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy Best Reading Buddies and Fancy Nancy It's Backward Day!.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. Nancy faces her fear of jellyfish while on a class trip. She and her classmates plan a surprise birthday bash for an unnamed-until-book's-end guest of honor. Party covers familiar Fancy Nancy terrain; Jellyfish is somewhat fresher; but both books will hook beginning readers (who'll need help with "fancy words"). The frilly art that Glasser made famous comes via fine facsimile. Glos. Review covers the following I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Peanut Butter and Jellyfish and Fancy Nancy: Super Secret Surprise Party.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. Nancy faces her fear of jellyfish while on a class trip. She and her classmates plan a surprise birthday bash for an unnamed-until-book's-end guest of honor. Party covers familiar Fancy Nancy terrain; Jellyfish is somewhat fresher; but both books will hook beginning readers (who'll need help with "fancy words"). The frilly art that Glasser made famous comes via fine facsimile. Glos. Review covers the following I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Peanut Butter and Jellyfish and Fancy Nancy: Super Secret Surprise Party.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. The word maven enjoys a class trip to an orchard (Apples) despite class clown Lionel's antics. In Luck she becomes obsessed with avoiding bad luck until a runaway black cat crosses her path. Insatiable fans (fancy way of saying they have a high tolerance for her schtick) will enjoy her latest easy-reader outings, even if her schtick is, at this point, routine. Glos. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Apples Galore and Fancy Nancy: Just My Luck.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(3) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser & Ted Enik. Nancy is participating in her class's "swap-and-shop," an opportunity to pick up "the tutu of [her] dreams." Meanwhile, her mom sees an opportunity to thin out Nancy's closet-bursting tutu collection. This is another solid Fancy Nancy offering--no easy feat, given the vocabulary and word limits imposed by beginning-reader books. The tutus couldn't be in better hands with curlicue-ist Glasser. Glos.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. The word maven enjoys a class trip to an orchard (Apples) despite class clown Lionel's antics. In Luck she becomes obsessed with avoiding bad luck until a runaway black cat crosses her path. Insatiable fans (fancy way of saying they have a high tolerance for her schtick) will enjoy her latest easy-reader outings, even if her schtick is, at this point, routine. Glos. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Apples Galore and Fancy Nancy: Just My Luck.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser & Ted Enik. Nancy schemes to get a lost-tooth necklace from the school nurse, cuts her own hair for class picture day, and gets her class to have a fancy dress-up day. Too-Loose Tooth is the most entertaining of the three, though it's less about Nancy's fashion-consciousness and posh personality. Nine "fancy words" per book feels somewhat excessive for the short texts. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Fancy Day in Room 1-A, Fancy Nancy: Hair Dos and Dont's, and Fancy Nancy and the Too-Loose Tooth.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser & Ted Enik. Nancy schemes to get a lost-tooth necklace from the school nurse, cuts her own hair for class picture day, and gets her class to have a fancy dress-up day. Too-Loose Tooth is the most entertaining of the three, though it's less about Nancy's fashion-consciousness and posh personality. Nine "fancy words" per book feels somewhat excessive for the short texts. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Fancy Day in Room 1-A, Fancy Nancy: Hair Dos and Dont's, and Fancy Nancy and the Too-Loose Tooth.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser & Ted Enik. Nancy schemes to get a lost-tooth necklace from the school nurse, cuts her own hair for class picture day, and gets her class to have a fancy dress-up day. Too-Loose Tooth is the most entertaining of the three, though it's less about Nancy's fashion-consciousness and posh personality. Nine "fancy words" per book feels somewhat excessive for the short texts. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Fancy Day in Room 1-A, Fancy Nancy: Hair Dos and Dont's, and Fancy Nancy and the Too-Loose Tooth.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser & Ted Enik. While working on a report about her great-grandparents, Nancy liberally embellishes the truth. She must then right her wrong before her grandfather finds out. Though there's some heavy-handedness, Nancy's fans will giggle as her imagination carries her--and her whole family history--away. Curlicue-heavy pictures illustrate Nancy's story. "Fancy Words" (ancestors, exaggerate) are defined in an appended glossary.

Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. In Earth Day, Nancy inadvertently disrupts her home life in an effort to protect the planet. In School, she has trouble coming up with one hundred "imaginative and fancy" things to share on the hundredth day of school. As always with this somewhat rote series, the tempest-in-a-teapot plots will entertain readers, as will the bedazzling Robin Preiss Glasser–impostor art. Glos. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Every Day is Earth Day and Fancy Nancy: The 100th Day of School.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. This series continues its good-natured dressing-down of the picture-book diva. In Report, Nancy neglects her Sacajawea book report's content because she's preoccupied with its cover. In the less satisfying Expert, the bouquet she picks for her teacher's surprise birthday party contains the dreaded itch-causing plant. Nancy's definitions of "fancy" words (plume, remedy) appear in the texts and in concluding glossaries. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles titles: Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report and Fancy Nancy: Poison Ivy Expert.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. In Pajama, Fancy Nancy feels excluded when her best friend gets chummy with another classmate. In Show, Nancy partners with a shy classmate for the school talent show. Both books' story lines are somewhat anemic (that's a fancy word for tired). The faux Robin Preiss Glasser art is frilly, frothy, and otherwise similar to the real deal. Glos. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Pajama Day and Fancy Nancy: The Show Must Go On.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. In Pajama, Fancy Nancy feels excluded when her best friend gets chummy with another classmate. In Show, Nancy partners with a shy classmate for the school talent show. Both books' story lines are somewhat anemic (that's a fancy word for tired). The faux Robin Preiss Glasser art is frilly, frothy, and otherwise similar to the real deal. Glos. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy: Pajama Day and Fancy Nancy: The Show Must Go On.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. This series continues its good-natured dressing-down of the picture-book diva. In Report, Nancy neglects her Sacajawea book report's content because she's preoccupied with its cover. In the less satisfying Expert, the bouquet she picks for her teacher's surprise birthday party contains the dreaded itch-causing plant. Nancy's definitions of "fancy" words (plume, remedy) appear in the texts and in concluding glossaries. Review covers these I Can Read Book titles titles: Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report and Fancy Nancy: Poison Ivy Expert.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser & Ted Enik. Fancy Nancy demonstrates her resourcefulness after a rainstorm and traffic jam force her to miss the class trip to a planetarium. The art in this serviceable tale shows Nancy as glammed up as ever, but, in a refreshing departure, the "fancy" stuff isn't center stage. The book concludes with "Fancy Nancy's Fancy Words" (also known as a glossary).

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Ted Enik. In Paris, Nancy fixates on a new classmate because he's French (or so she thinks). In Museum, she unfancily barfs en route to the class-trip destination. Both stories feel fresh, if typically over-"fancy"-ful, and the illustrations will satisfy Nancy's fans. Both books conclude with "Fancy Nancy's Fancy Words"--a fancy way to say "glossary." Review covers these I Can Read Book titles: Fancy Nancy at the Museum and Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris.

Reviewer: Nell Beram