{"id":262,"date":"2023-05-05T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2025-05-20T20:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:51:21","slug":"fancy-nancy-by-jane-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Happy May! Dr. Toughlove\u2019s May 2023 book review is below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ooo-la-la! Is your favorite color fuchsia? Do you like to write with a pen that has a plume? Even if the answer to these questions is no, Dr. Toughlove thinks you will enjoy the book \u201cFancy Nancy,\u201d written by Jane O\u2019Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. The team of O\u2019Connor and Preiss Glasser have combined to write over 100 titles and their \u201cFancy Nancy\u201d books have consistently been on the New York Times best seller list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy has a larger-than-life personality (to say the least), and likes all things fancy \u2013 her clothes, her room, her dolls, and even her sandwiches. Unfortunately, her mother, father and sister are BORING! She tries to inject some razzle dazzle into their lives \u2013 with mixed results. Dr. Toughlove doesn\u2019t want to give the story away, but Nancy, who is an aspiring movie star, learns a valuable lesson about the importance of accessories, appearances and family love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Toughlove is a great fan of a well-written picture book that exemplifies a love for language and storytelling. In this regard, \u201cFancy Nancy\u201d gets an A plus. The use of descriptive words (posh, accessories and frilly just to name a few) are sprinkled throughout the book, and Robin Preiss Glasser\u2019s colorful and humorous illustrations capture Nancy\u2019s effervescent personality to perfection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFancy Nancy\u201d is an excellent read aloud book and adults usually enjoy it as much as children do. Dr. Toughlove is confident that once you read the first \u201cFancy Nancy\u201d book, you will want to read the rest of the series. These books are enchanting and entertaining, but also contain many subtle messages that are fun to explore with young readers. As is often the case, the children will see aspects of the story that the adults might miss. \u201cFancy Nancy\u201d is available at the Queen Anne\u2019s County Library<\/a><\/strong> and is recommended for children aged 3-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy May! Dr. Toughlove\u2019s May 2023 book review is below.  Ooo-la-la! Is your favorite color fuchsia? Do you like to write with a pen that has a plume? Even if the answer to these questions is no, Dr. Toughlove thinks you will enjoy the book \u201cFancy Nancy,\u201d written by Jane O\u2019Connor and illustrated by Robin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":636,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}