Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet~Jane O'Connor

Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books.

Published February 07, 2012

Summary:

Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet is a thirty-two page children’s book about Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree and their dance show coming up.  Unfortunately, another ballerina wings the leading role the mermaid so; Fancy Nancy has to play a tree.  Will Fancy Nancy be able to pull off glamour?

Genre:

Fancy Nancy has several versions and is considered to be a children’s novel book and realistic fiction.

Personal Response:

I really enjoy reading all of Jane O’Connor’s Fancy Nancy children’s books.   They are adorable and creative.  I like them mostly because of the glamour.

Jane O’Connor Bio:

Jane O’Connor was born and currently lives in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  Jane graduated from Smith College with a BA in English Literature.  She is one of New York Times bestselling author’s.  She is known for her children’s books and the popular Fancy Nancy books published by Harper Collins.  “Three days a week, she works as an acquiring editor in the children’s books division of a major New York publishing house.” (Harper, 2012)

Other books by author:

Fancy Nancy series…

“The Snow Globe family”

“The emperor’s silent army: terracotta warriors of Ancient China”

“The Teeny Tiny Woman”

“Sir Small and the dragonfly”

“Eek! Stories to make you shriek”

“Lulu goes to witch school”

“Ready, set, skip!”

“Molly the brave and me"

Motivational Activities / Reader Response Questions:

If you were helping with this book what would your ballet be about?

Students will be put in groups and make a puppet show for this book.  Will be allowed to change and add on to this book if they desire.

What did Fancy Nancy have to be in the ballet?

What other Fancy Nancy books have read?

Bibliography:

O'Connor, J. (2012). Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet. New York, NY: Harper Collins.

Harper Collins Publishers. (2012). About the Author. In HarperCollinsPublishers. Retrieved December 1, 2012, from http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/about.aspx?authorid=12552