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    Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Star of Stage and Screen
    Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Star of Stage and Screen
    Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Star of Stage and Screen
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    Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Star of Stage and Screen

    By Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser

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    In this fun chapter book, it's Nancy's time to shine as she takes center stage in the school play. There's no way Nancy will get stuck in the chorus again this year—she's been practicing guitar for months and her audition was superb!

    When Nancy gets a callback, she's overwhelmed with joy. But after Nancy's performance during the play is captured on video and gets posted on YouTube, it seems her stardom has gone viral. Will Nancy's humiliation get the best of her, or will she find a way to embrace her newfound fame?

    Nancy Clancy is ready for her close-up in the fifth installment in the Nancy Clancy chapter book series by New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. Fans will enjoy watching Nancy sparkle in the spotlight!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 3, 2015
    ISBN9780062269652
    Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Star of Stage and Screen
    Author

    Jane O'Connor

    Jane O’Connor is an editor at a major publishing house who has written more than seventy books for children, including the New York Times bestselling Fancy Nancy series. She resides (that’s fancy for lives) with her family in New York City.

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    • 5/5
      I like that the book talked about things that actually happenes in real life and encourages kids to go on stage and to help them come over their stage fright
    • 5/5
      I have read most of the Fancy Nancy books but this one was the best one yet
    • 5/5
      A lovely heart warming book from the Nancy Clancy series.
    • 3/5
      In this early reader Fancy Nancy is very excited about going on her fieldtrip to the planetarium. It is a level one reader with a plot that children can follow along with. The illustrations are watercolor and ink and stays true to the original Fancy Nancy stories. Although it is a level 1 book some of the vocabulary would be very difficult to decode independently.
    • 3/5
      Genre: Realistic FictionReview: The author stays true to the genre of realistic fiction by creating a believable story about a little girl and her class who are study the stars. The prepare for a fieldtrip to the planetarium. Media: Acrylic
    • 4/5
      A nice entry in the Fancy Nancy series -- kids learn about astronomy and stars, which is fun and delightful, but then suffer a crushing disappointment: A storm prevents them from getting to the planetarium! They find a way to have fun anyway. So, nice for showing crafts & excitement about stars and planets, and also for coping with the disappointment of best-laid plans which have gang agley.
    • 5/5
      This is the 1st Fancy Nancy she read. Nancy's class was taking a night trip to the planetarium but a storm keeps everyone from going. Nancy's parents take her and a friend into the back yard to look at the stars where she sees a meteor. The next day the teacher says next week we will go seeing everyone missed the trip because of the storm.
    • 5/5
      I read the original Fancy Nancy book to my nieces, and, at the time, thought that the effect of Nancy stopping every other word to explain that "That's a fancy word for so-and-so" was a little annoying. Having now read several of the early readers, I can honestly say that it is MUCH less annoying when you're not the one reading the book aloud!My niece (who is six and entering the first grade in a week!) found this book easy enough to read with only a little help from me. Help largely consisted of asking her to sound out a word a second time, asking her if the sentence "makes sense" the way she read it, or asking if she's SURE she saw a d (or b, or w) in that word. There were a few words I had to read *for* her, but not more than I'd expect from this style of book. However, it should be noted that she was one of the better readers in her kindergarten class.The "fancy" words in this book range from the more useful (planetarium) to the more obscure (al fresco). I will note that this book writes "al fresco" as one word, which is very annoying for the simple reason that it is wrong.I also want to say that there are some areas that show a really fun way of using language - the sentence "sprinkles make them sparkle" has become my private catchphrase du jour! (That's a fancy word for "of the day", as in "soup du jour of the day".) And while it doesn't take poetic genius to compare how the rain goes "drip drip drip" with how Nancy's tears go "drip drip drip", it is the sort of sentence you don't always see in early readers - as though authors think that poetry or fun will make the book hard to read!I will also note that there are an awful lot of sentences on each page. This is a good book for kids in the later stage of "beginning readers", I think, not in the very early stage.
    • 3/5
      The Fancy Nancy books are wonderful realistic fiction books. Nancy could be a real girl that loves words and learning new things. These easy reader Fancy Nancy books will hopefully inspire readers to learn new words and new information about interesting subjects as well. Fancy Nancy certainly loves what she is learning about in this books, stars and meteors that sparkle and shine.
    • 4/5
      This is a really cute book that's pretty educational too. Nancy and her class are learning about stars and constellations and the book teaches what constellations are and a little bit about the solar system. Nancy and her class are supposed to go to a planetarium, but the field trip gets rained out and it's cancelled until next week. Her family ends up having their own little sky show at home so things turn out ok. The Fancy Nancy books are great because they expose kids to "fancy" words. In this book, some of the words they learn are orbit, brilliant, and al fresco. I think it's a great idea to mix these words into books for young kids so they get some good vocabulary exposure at a young age, even if they don't remember the definitions. It makes the book more fun.

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    Fancy Nancy - Jane O'Connor

    Nancy kept licking her lips. The inside of her mouth felt as dry as dust. Her tummy was doing flip-flops and she was perspiring like crazy. Perspiring sounded more grown-up—and less gross—than sweating.

    What are you so worked up about? Grace asked Nancy. You won’t be one of the stars.

    Bree scowled at Grace. You’re not in charge. Just wait till you hear Nancy play guitar. She’s awesome.

    Everyone in third grade had gathered in the auditorium. It was audition day. Auditioning meant trying out for The Nifty Fifty. That was the name of the play. Only it wasn’t really a play, since there was no story. It was more like a variety show with lots of nifty—Mr. D explained that meant cool—songs and dances all about the fifty states.

    Yesterday Mr. Dudeny had told the class, Our third-grade performance is one of the highlights of the school year. So come prepared to show off your special talent.

    Today Nancy had brought in her guitar. For months she’d been taking lessons from a teenager named Andy. She didn’t stink, but she wasn’t awesome, either. Bree only thought so because she was Nancy’s best friend.

    One by one, kids got up onstage to perform.

    Robert brought a lasso with him. He had been born in Texas. His dream was to be a rodeo star one day. Yippee-ki-yi-yay! Robert yelled, while the lasso twirled over his head in a circle.

    Grace had chosen a song about California.

    California, here I come! Right back where I started from! Grace sang.

    Nancy hated to admit it, but Grace’s performance was flawless—she didn’t make one mistake! At the end, Grace spread out her arms and smiled with all her teeth showing.

    Lionel wore a top hat and black cape. Please hold the applause till the end, he told everyone. First he did a card trick. Then he told a joke. What is the smartest state? Lionel paused before giving the answer. Alabama. Because it has four As and only one B.

    Lionel started to walk offstage. Oh! I can also burp to the tune of ‘Jingle Bells.’ Want to hear?

    A superb talent, dude. But that won’t be necessary. Mr. Dudeny was sitting in the audience with the other third-grade teacher.

    When it was Bree’s turn, she let out a little squeak. Nancy squeezed Bree’s hand for luck. Onstage, Bree did a tap dance to a song about New York City. She had on real black patent-leather tap shoes. The little metal pieces on the bottoms made every step ring out in the auditorium. Clickety-clack-clack.

    East Side, West Side, all around the town, the song began.

    Shuffle, shuffle, step. Spin. Shuffle, shuffle, step. Spin.

    Bree got off to a good start. Then all of a sudden it got harder for her to keep up with the music. At one point,

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