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Calling all poets!
Fancy Nancy Clancy is so poetic, even her name rhymes. And with limericks, couplets, free verse, and more, poetry is plenty fancy! So when her teacher Ms. Glass gives Nancy and her classmates an assignment to come up with their very own poems, Nancy is determined to write one that is superb. But what happens when she can't think of a good idea
Complete with Nancy's very own poetry anthology, Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire! shows how a true love of words can be très fancy. Ooh la la! And with a little inspiration, which is fancy for something that helps you get good ideas, Fancy Nancy just might be a Poet Extraordinaire after all.
Author Notes
Jane O'Connor was born in New York City in 1947. She received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Smith College in 1969. In 1971, she began her publishing career by working in the editorial department of Hastings House Publishers. From 1977 to 1983, she was an editor at Scholastic, Inc.; then she moved to Random House, where she became editor-in-chief of children's books. In 1989, she moved to Grosset and Dunlap.
Her first novel, Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby, was published in 1979. Since then she has written more than 30 children's books including the Nina, Nina Ballerina stories, the Fancy Nancy series and the adult novels Dangerous Admissions and Almost True Confessions. She has won numerous awards including the New York Academy of Sciences Honor book in 1981 for Magic in the Movies: The Story of Special Effects, with Katy Hall; Golden Sower Award, Nebraska Library Association in 1982 for Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby; and the Quill Award for Best Picture Book in 2007 for Fancy Nancy. She is vice-president and editor-at-large for Penguin Books for Young Readers. In 2013 her title Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy Sees The Future made The New York Times Best Seller List. Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Horn Book Review
When Nancy's class creates a "poet-tree" to which each student must contribute a paper leaf featuring an original poem, she has trouble getting started. The plot is secondary to the book's larger purpose: defining poetry for young readers (nursery rhymes and song lyrics count) and introducing them to concepts like writer's block and inspiration. Glasser's cotton-candy-like touch graces every scene. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
With her typical flair and exuberance, Fancy Nancy Clancy describes her class poetry unit in this upbeat series installment. After learning about poetic forms, Nancy and her best friend, Bree, head off to their clubhouse, newly retrofitted into a palace of poetry, to write their own verse, but Nancy runs into a bad case of writer's block. With support from her parents and teacher, she finds inspiration, and after penning a sweet ode, she puts together an anthology to collect her favorite poems. Upbeat and instructive, this cheerful introduction to poetry is an easy fit for the elementary-school language-arts curriculum.--Engberg, Gillian Copyright 2010 Booklist
