Kid's Book Review

I have had the idea of a kids book group simmering on the back burner for several months. Unfortunately, I have too many ideas simmering there and not enough time. Solution? Blog a group! Take a few minutes and do book reviews for a few kids books and take some time to browse those already done. Then, once a month, add a few more. Feel free to add your comments to books you have read that have already been reviewed. When you do your review, please do one book per post, and use the scale on the right to rate your book. Add whatever additional information you would like!

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy

Author - Jane O'Connor
Illustrator - Robin Preiss Glasser

  • Story - 4.5
  • Illustration - 4.5
  • Overall Kid Rating - 4.5
  • Overall Mom Rating - 4.5
  • What It Teaches - Vocabulary; Having a puppy takes work; We're all different, but that's ok! Being Fancy isn't for everyone or all the time.
  • Length - 32 pages
  • Audience - Book says 4-7, but my boys (yes, boys) ages 3.5 and 2 love it too! I think it's a darling book

Fancy Nancy is a Fancy girl in a Non-fancy family. She's drawn so cute and her emotions are real. Kids can relate and understand. Vocabulary is strengthened because she uses fancy words but tells what they mean. My kids starting using fancy words right away. It's a cute story with a good lesson. Check out other Fancy Nancy books, too! (Though, I'd check the library instead of purchase, they're rather expensive for a children's book -- or am I just out of the loop on kids' book prices?)

1 comments:

Tara said...

I think it is hilarious that we still continue to live such parallel lives - Joy just brought this book home from the school library. She is working on a chore chart to earn FN in Paris, or something like that. She hasn't completed her chart yet, so I haven't read it.