Fancy Nancy: The Show Must Go On

Written by Jane O'Connor

Narrated by Chloe Hennessee

When Nancy has to work with Lionel for the school talent show, she is dismayed (that's fancy for disappointed). Lionel is shy. He can wiggle his ears. But he can't sing or dance! Will this unlikely duo manage to work together and create a truly stupendous act in time for the show?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9780062125125

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.

Reviews for Fancy Nancy

[bnlmoore · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a cute story about Nancy and her friend Bree who will be completing in their school talented show. Their talent is being in a circus and being trapeze girls. Bree and Nanzy find out that they can not choose their partners in the talent show and that their teacher is going to assign partners. The two girls are very upset. I like this story a lot because it teaches the girls that getting to know other students can be just as fun. Nancy is put with Lionel who is a shy little boy and by the end of the story she ends up really liking Lionel and made a new friend through the experience. The two get to know each other by figuring out their different talents. This is a great story for celebrating unique talents that each student may have.

[kimsiljeg · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I had never read Fancy Nancy until I decided to read it for my Children's Literature class. I knew it was quite popular with the young kids today. I was curious why it was so popular. It was cute. I like how the author explains to the reader what the words mean. This is a really nice feature for kids just learning to read.

[runner_roader · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fancy Nancy is a funny group of books following Nancy and her daily routines. In "The Show must go on" Nancy's teacher informs the class that they will be having a performance, however Ms. Glass is assigning partners "The means we don't get to choose."Throughout the book, the author gives alternate meanings to the bigger works, such as applause, assign, brainstorm, Kimono, mansion, and adorable. I really like how this is worked into the story. It helps the beginning reader build their vocabulary.A great story for the later beginning reader.

[conuly · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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 revelation that Nancy makes that "Oh, you like LIONS because your name is LIONEL" is especially cute, and the story about befriending a shy kid you think you don't have anything in common with, though it's an overdone topic, is handled well. (Besides, maybe kids this age don't know it's a common topic yet.)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.