Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!

Name: Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jane O'Connor
ISBN: 9780062213396

Author: Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser

Narrator: Chloe Hennessee

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/20/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction, Science & Nature Stories

Synopsis

From the dazzling bestselling author Jane O’Connor, a Fancy Nancy story with a nonfiction twist for the fancy girl who loves the outdoors!For the fanciest girl around, the outdoors are out of this world. Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, set out to explore the fascinating world of wildflowers, trees, leaves, birds, and, of course, butterflies in their exclusively glamorous Explorers' Club. This popular book shows Fancy Nancy as one explorer extraordinaire. Find out just how fancy the outdoors can be!

About Jane O'Connor

Jane O’Connor was born and raised in the fabulous metropolis of New York City. That’s where she still lives with her husband, Jim, although both their grown sons did something unfathomable (that means impossible to understand). They moved to the West Coast! Besides writing the Fancy Nancy series and other books for children, Jane spent her whole career as an editor at major publishing houses. Recently retired, she finds herself with something she never had before—free time to do whatever she pleases.

About Robin Preiss Glasser

Robin Preiss Glasser has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including the bestselling Fancy Nancy series, Lambslide, Escape Goat, and Grand Jeté and Me: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids. She won the Children’s Choice Award for Best Illustrator of the Year for Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet. Robin actually wore tiaras and tutus when she danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet. Now she happily spends her days in jeans, drawing. Robin and her family live in Southern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 18, 2010

This book gets an extra star from me because fancy Fancy Nancy not only doesn’t feel repulsed or disgusted by insects, and she is not frightened of them at all; she likes studying them and is fascinated by them. This is a Fancy Nancy book where fancy takes a bit of a backseat and nature (birds, inse......more

Goodreads review by babyhippoface on March 24, 2011

I am pleasantly surprised by Fancy Nancy. She's not just about all things pinkish, glittery, and girly. She's about being pinkish, glittery, girly, and smart and responsible. And to top it off, she slips the educational in while readers are enjoying the pinkish, glittery, and girly. Bravo. Nancy and......more

Goodreads review by Amy on May 11, 2009

Really loved this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy series! This book gives children a close look at the fascinating world that exists in their backyards. It explores plants, trees, flowers, insects, bugs, birds, etc. while also teaching children "safety" tips for enjoying nature all with typical F......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on December 04, 2018

Fancy Nancy and her best friend Bree return in this small picture-book, which is part fiction and part non-fiction. The fictional framing device involves the Explorer Extraordinaire club that the girls have formed, in order to observe and study the natural world around them, from insects (including......more

Goodreads review by Rose on June 05, 2023

Like Fancy Nancy, perhaps, I'm embarking on an adventure. Mine does not involve making anyone or anything "glamorous" but, rather, reviewing my first book of the Fancy Nancy series. At my local library, a huge number of these books was available for checkout. Well, I'm game to open up my world of adv......more