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Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium!
Young readers will delight in this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series, sharing in Nancy's anticipation and disappointment when the trip doesn't go as planned. But with her trademark panache, Nancy manages to make even this frustrating situation fun—and, of course, fancy.
Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser are the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling Fancy Nancy series. Jane lives with her family in New York City. Robin lives with her family in Southern California.
Desde la publicaciÓn de Nancy la Elegante, el clÓset de Jane O’Connor cuenta con tantas boas, coronas y atuendos brillantes que a veces sus amigas no la reconocen por la calle. AÚn reside (esa es una palabra elegante para decir que vive) en la ciudad de Nueva York con su familia y su compaÑero canino, Arrow.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice story, good early reader, faithful to concept,
By Nicki Heskin "Editor, Early Childhood and Bre... (Southern California) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: Fancy Nancy Sees Stars (I Can Read Book 1) (Paperback)
This book does a very nice job of staying faithful to the original Fancy Nancy concept while making the language appropriate for a Level 1 early reader. The plot of this one is also pretty well-developed and very nice for an early reader -- there's a lot more there for a little kid to enjoy than I've found typical at this level.
However, the "fancy words" in the Fancy Nancy concept makes it a little odd to use as an early reader. At level 1, they should be reading with a parent anyway, but the fancy words would be really hard to decode, even for kids reading a Level 3 or 4 of a series like this. I like that they put a little glossary of the fancy words and their definitions in the back -- in this book they are alfresco, brilliant, constellation, fascinating, meteor, orbit and planetarium. They bring in what seems to be a recurring Fancy Nancy theme of making the best of a less-than-perfect situation, and turning a disappointment into a nice moment with her family when the trip to the planetarium goes awry. Overall, I like this book, and think it's a great early reader, as long as parents are ok with sitting down and helping with the "fancy words."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Early Reader with L-O-N-G W-O-R-D-S Like Constellation and Planetarium,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 109,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 100 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Fancy Nancy Sees Stars (I Can Read Book 1) (Paperback)
Fancy Nancy Sees Stars has several nice features:
1. The story contains enough interesting material to make a child want to see a planetarium show and study the stars outdoors. 2. When difficulties arise (a late baby sitter, a rain storm, traffic, and a flooded road), there's a reasonable solution. 3. The drawings are well done and decidedly humorous (good for gaining the interest of a young reader). The book also has some drawbacks: 1. Some of the vocabulary is beyond a beginning reader (alfresco, constellation, planetarium). 2. The definitions of the vocabulary sometimes aren't very good (planetarium--a museum about stars and planets; orbit--to circle around something; meteor--a piece of a comet that leaves a blazing streak as it travels across the sky; fascinating--very interesting). 3. The vocabulary could have been beefed up with words that children would find more useful and easier to understand within the same theme (moon, Mars, Venus, space, vacuum). But if your future astronomer is fascinated by the stars, this will be a good book. Just be sure that you correct the definitions for your child.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A little more advanced - in a good way,
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This review is from: Fancy Nancy Sees Stars (I Can Read Book 1) (Paperback)
My daughter was born in March, 2002. She's now 6 and a half. We didn't discover Fancy Nancy until Feb 2007, so she was about 5. It's been a little disappointing for this series to come out as she is outgrowing it. The stories are cute but a little simple for a first grader.
Although "The Boy from Paris" and "...at the Museum" were good, this book just seems more advanced. I am hoping that Ms. O'Connor will write a few books aging Nancy as the authors of Junie B. Jones and Katie Kazoo have done. We'd like to keep the illustrations while progressing to more challenging reading. (Although, her books are all great at introducing new words!)
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