I went to go buy this one the moment it came out. I figured my own little 'Fancy Nancy' would love it as much as she does her beginning readers. At the book store I looked it over with my husband and he shook his head. There was plenty of fancy words...but there was little discussion in context to help explain what these word meant. Lots of scientific speak...little of the wonderfully played converational style that 'Nancy' has used before to help tiny readers keep up. Even the book store clerk shook her head and said, "I know...it's not the same. We were left dissapointed in this installment in an otherwise wonderful series.
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Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire
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Exploring the outdoors, with a Fancy Nancy twist.
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Parents need to know that this is another Fancy Nancy adventure, this time in the outdoors, and it's packed with legitimate, accurate scientific facts as well as the usual Fancy Nancy pizzazz!
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- Families can talk about all the things a nature explorer would need, what kinds of rules they would have if they formed a nature club, what they might find, and how they would take care of their discoveries. What do you think of Nancy's rules? Would you have the same ones? What would you have done if people in your club broke the rules? Did you know that queen ants laid all the eggs, that flies had sticky pads on their feet, or that butterflies were different from moths? What new words did you learn?
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