Fancy Nancy

This is a really excellent book. Firstly, the physical production is very good. The softcover has glittery texture and attractive artwork. Inside, the artwork is of a very high standard. The book follows little girl Nancy (whom I guess to be about 6 or 7)and her obsession with what is really quite outrageously vulgar fashion - which she terms being "fancy", and her comparitively sober family. This culminates in a cavalcade of excess and a minor disaster. The book identifies several French words which Nancy understands to be the apogee of sophistication, and also some rather amusing concepts. The book and this character are quite vivid and is quite a contrast to the contemporary British girls' characters like (Charlie and)Lola and Princess Poppy -it's fairly refreshing to have a character that is slightly fantastic and excessive rather than the aforementioned that are intended to be art imitating life. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone, especially parents of small girls.

寝ても覚めてもオシャレ命なナンシーちゃん。 今、アメリカの小さな女の子にダントツで人気のキャラクターだそうです。 失敗しても、前向きに立ち直るポジティブなところ、 いわゆる金髪・碧眼なお姫様的ルックスではないけど、 一生懸命おしゃれして誰よりも可愛くなっているところ（ちょっとやりすぎだけどそれもまた可愛い） 長くて難しい言葉を、どんどん「ファンシーな言葉」として使ってしまうところ あたりが、今までにない、身近なキャラクターとして親御さんにも受けているそうです。 １歳１０ヶ月の娘は既に虜で、一日３回は読んでいます。 他も全部そろえたい！

I love this book and the series. I have given many as gifts as well.

Every little girl loves this story! My daughter asks to read this constantly and loves to dress up like Fancy Nancy. Such a fun book for little girls.

This is the first Fancy Nancy of the collection, a must read to discover the origin of her fancy world....