Review: Fancy Nancy – The 100th Day of School by Jane O’Connor

Fancy Nancy – The 100^th Day of School

Author: Jane O’Connor

Illustrated by Robin Preiss-Glasser

Series: Fancy Nancy

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 32

Amazon – TBD

Release date: 6^th August 2010

Synopsis. (Goodreads)

The 100th day of school is coming up, and Nancy doesn’t know what to bring in for the class project. Will she be able to think of something imaginative in time for the big day?

Review: 5 out of 5 stars

Fancy Nancy is very popular in our household, Miss 7 absolutely adores sweet little Nancy and her fancy words.

This book follows Nancy and her class in celebrating 100 days at school. They have been assigned a project to think of something to take in to celebrate but poor Nancy is a little lost as to what she should create and spends a few days trying to decide; we see her think up a few creative projects over these days but she isn’t quite happy and nothing seems to be good enough.

There was an event in this book that was a little sad but it is also what bought about Nancy’s unique idea which also held a special place close to her heart for more personal reasons.

This beautiful series has the most lovely illustrations, wonderfully detailed and a lot of fun; it shows a lot of imagination and creativity and kept Miss 7 excited from the very first page; she did find a few of the words difficult so this probably wouldn’t be the best book for a new reader but easy definitions for the more complex words were also provided.

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book with my daughter; it was sweet and fun, beautifully written and visually appealing. I highly recommend this series.

The beautiful Fancy Nancy website it also a must view for all little girls – here.



About the author: Jane O'Connor is the author of more than thirty books for children, including Nina, Nina Ballerina, illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo, and the Fancy Nancy picture book series. Ms. O'Connor lives with her family in ever-posh New York City.