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Fancy Nancy serves up another divine treat for her fans, this time in the form of an education about fancy words which when used in a sentence, she says, is like “adding sprinkles to vanilla ice cream.” In Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany, readers learn words such as accessories for A and dapper for D. F is for fiasco (which she defines as a big flop), followed by L for lavender (which is fancy for light purple).
Fancy Nancy admits that queen, the word she uses for Q, is not really a fancy word, but one she loves so much she cannot omit (she does, however, include a reference to the fancy word monarch on the page to ensure she is consistent with her theme). She even dips into a foreign language, noting that R is for respondez s’il vous plait, the French term for “please answer” that can be shortened on invitations to R.S.V.P. She approaches the near conclusion of her alphabetic journey (other than the Z for zany) with Y for yearning, which is appropriate since this charming book will leave readers yearning for a language that has more than twenty-six letters.
Fancy Nancy is taking the world of children’s books and games by storm, and this book shows that she has no intention of slowing down. The authors may compare the use of these fancy words to the sprinkles on vanilla ice cream, but readers will likely compare this book to marchpane, which is a coveted sweet dessert made of almond paste (enhanced with a significant amount of sugar).
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Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany