Fancy Nancy: Pajama Day

Written by Jane O'Connor

Narrated by Chloe Hennessee

An I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling duo Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser:

Nancy is all set to wear something special for Pajama Day at school. But when Bree and Clara show up in matching outfits, Nancy feels left out. Will this Pajama Day be as fun as she thought?

Fancy Nancy: Pajama Day, a Level One I Can Read adventure, is carefully crafted using short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts for children eager to read on their own. Contains a glossary of Fancy Nancy’s fancy words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9780062125064

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

[sweetiegherkin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

All the children in Nancy's class are excited for pajama day. Nancy can't wait to wear her fancy nightgown, so she's torn when Bree wants to wear matching PJs to school the next day. What's worse is when Nancy arrives at school to find that Clara wore the same pajamas as Bree so now Nancy's the odd one out with her nightgown.This is another sweet tale in the Fancy Nancy catalog of titles. The problems tend to be fairly mundane, but very relatable to young children. The bigger issue here isn't pajama day so much as it is about feeling left out. Luckily, the girls figure out how to resolve the problem before anyone gets too, too upset.As usual, Nancy teaches readers new words, such as unique and immature, through her 'fancy' way of speaking. The illustrations continue to charm as well.

[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.I especially liked how obvious it was that Nancy felt a little left out and friendless, even before she said she felt "excluded".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.