Whom You Know: FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY By Jane O’Connor Art by Robin Preiss Glasser

Monday, December 28, 2009

FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY By Jane O’Connor Art by Robin Preiss Glasser

Peachy Deegan just loves Fancy Nancy! We hope many little ones who have loved older ones that read Whom You Know put the series under the Christmas tree for them this past Christmas! Our love for Fancy Nancy continues with Bonjour, Butterfly! Jane O'Connor skillfully spins a short and sweet tale loaded with fabulous vocabulary and Fancy Nancy excitement. Here is what the Whom You Know Petite Peachy panel thought:

Jane O’Connor has done it again with the next book in the Fancy Nancy series – Bonjour Butterfly. In this tale, Nancy is beside herself when she finds out that she will be unable to attend her friend Bree’s butterfly birthday party... It seems her grandparents’ fiftieth anniversary is the same day and somehow her parents think that’s more extraordinary than a BUTTERFLY birthday party! Nancy is just sure they’re wrong and sulks her way all the way to the train station to meet them, speaking to nobody but her doll, Mirabelle. Upon greeting her grandparents, though, she starts to loosen up a bit and by the time she arrives at her fancy hotel, Nancy is hitting her groove. Oh, the amenities! Later, with the party in full swing, Nancy finally comes around to seeing the error of her ways and admits she’s “ecstatic” to be there. Things only get better when she finds out the next day that the zoo in town has a butterfly garden! In yet another book with a happy ending and meaningful message, Nancy learns that disappointment is short lived and “fancy” is all around her - even in her own family!

In Jane O’Connor’s new story, “Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly” a child can learn how to deal with disappointment. FN is intrigued and delighted by Butterflies. So when she finds out her friend Bree is going to celebrate with a butterfly birthday party, FN can talk about nothing else and prepares for the fanciest of all birthday parties. But the real lesson begins when FN learns of her Grandparents 50^th Anniversary party on the same day. What a mess! But FN rolls with the punches and finds the fancier things throughout the party and forgets all about being upset. She beautifies herself with all the little shampoo bottles in her hotel room (oh how she would LOVE our Product Alert column!). She learns the cha cha from her grandfather. And is rewarded with a trip to the butterfly garden. What a wonderful story for girls of all ages to enjoy.

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Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, the dynamic national bestselling team behind Fancy Nancy, are back with another sparkly story, FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR BUTTERFLY. Fancy Nancy, the first picture book in this tremendous series spent over 97 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy was a 2007 Quill Award nominee. Now, Fancy Nancy is back in a fabulous new tale about glamorous things that flutter—butterflies!

Fancy Nancy Clancy loves butterflies. She thinks they are exquisite (that’s a fancy word for beautiful). So of course, she can’t wait for her best friend Bree’s "Butterfly Birthday Bash." But when her mother tells her she can’t go because her grandparents’ un-glamorous 50th wedding anniversary is the same day, Nancy is worse than upset. She is distraught!! No beautiful garden, no fancy decorations, and worst of all, no butterflies. But for Nancy, things are never as bad as they first seem, and this glam girl soon learns that sometimes all it takes to feel fancy—and more importantly, special—is a little help from your family.

FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY is filled with Fancy Nancy’s trademark humor, warmth and colorful details. Jane O’Connor’s plucky prose shows once again that beneath the butterfly wings and fancy decorations lie a thoughtful and important message.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jane O’Connor is an editor at a major publishing house who has written more than 30 books for children, including Fancy Nancy, Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy, and the Nina, Nina Ballerina stories. She lives with her family in New York City.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Robin Preiss Glasser has illustrated many children’s picture books, including The New York Times bestsellers, Fancy Nancy and Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O’Connor and America: A Patriotic Primer by Lynne Cheney. She lives in Southern California with her family.

Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly

by Jane O’Connor Art by Robin Preiss Glasser

0-06-12358-1

February 2008, $16.99, Ages 4-7

www.harpercollinschildrens.com

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