Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist by Jane O'Connor Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

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5 stars

It always amazing me how startlingly similar my girls can be but then how completely different they can be. Both girls like crafts, building things in the back yard, riding their bikes and helping in the kitchen. Where they differ is in their fashion sense.

My oldest doesn't care what she wears. As long as things are covering her body she's fine. It almost seems the more the outfit clashes the better it is.

My middle child on the other hand is very much the fashionista. At least once a week she has a melt down over what shorts or skirt she should wear with a top. Or, what is fancy or not. She will come out of her room some days and ask "Hey mom! Do I look fashion?" To which I answer "oh yes, very fashion." She will even pose and swish her hair around.

How they became so different in their fashion sense I will never know. I myself I am in the middle. I like to look o.k. but I don't worry about looking too fancy. My only worry is that if a five year old can have a fashion meltdown what will she be like when she is older?

Synopsis

This is one book of a series of Fancy Nancy Books. In this book Nancy decides she is going to be an artist. Each day she decides to try a new medium of art and learns about real artists as well.

My Thoughts

This is one popular series that I actually like. There are some books in the series that aren't as clever as others but on the whole it is a well done series. I love how Nancy uses "fancy" words and describes their meaning, thus broadening the children's vocabulary. I love how she wants to speak in french. I also love how sometimes Nancy gets into sticky situations or awkward social situations, but how she resolves it in a way that make everyone happy. She apologizes when she needs to, she makes things right when she needs to, and she shows love when she needs to.

This book was great. I loved how it introduces the children to different artists and art forms. It shows them watercolour, mosaic, abstract, etc. It was also fun to see what things Nancy did or saw for inspiration.

The illustrations in this book are so fun and make everything so fancy. The illustrator definitely captures what each little girl would consider to be fancy. My girls spend hours just looking at the pictures and seeing all the different things they could use to make their rooms more fancy. Each corner of the illustrations has something that become a feast for the eyes. I also like how she shows it doesn't take a lot to make something fancy.

The only thing I don't like about the these books is my fancy daughter now has new ideas of what we have to do to become fancy! I think I will have to buy stock in frilly toothpicks and glitter!