Fancy Nancy: Just My Luck! (I Can Read Level 1) - Hardcover

O'Connor, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062083147 ISBN 13: 9780062083142

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2013

Synopsis

Learn all about luck with Fancy Nancy in New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's beginning reader Fancy Nancy: Just My Luck! This Level One I Can Read book is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. When Nancy discovers there's a whole list of what's lucky and what's not, her mind starts spinning. There are so many things to keep track of! Fans of Fancy Nancy will delight in Nancy's attempts to sort out what she really believes.

About this title

About the Authors

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.

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.

From the Back Cover

When Fancy Nancy sees a four-leaf clover at show-and-share, she discovers there's a whole list of what's lucky and what's not. Nancy's mind starts churning—there is so much to keep track of! Young readers will delight in Nancy's attempts to sort out what she really believes.

Like the prior Fancy Nancy I Can Reads, Fancy Nancy: Just My Luck! will charm beginning readers—and that's lucky!

Reviews

Fancy Nancy is back, with her wild curly hair and unique fashion sense, for a truly lucky adventure. Nancy’s curiosity sparks quickly when a classmate reveals during show-and-share a rare four-leaf clover that brings “good luck . . . even more . . . than finding a penny.” Nancy discovers to her dismay, though, that bad luck exists, too, and plenty of it! Trying to avoid sidewalk cracks and the number 13 is exhausting, and Nancy would like to believe Ms. Glass, who says this luck stuff simply isn’t true. When a black cat, which is “double-trouble bad luck,” runs by Nancy, the result will surprise even the most superstitious of readers. Together, the line-and-watercolor pictures (“based on the art of Robin Preiss Glasser“), simple sentences, and Nancy’s well-defined keywords throughout help beginning readers move quickly through the story and give them plenty to consider, along with Nancy, about luck. Preschool-Grade 2. --Annie Miller

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062083147
• ISBN 13: 9780062083142
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Glasser Robin Preiss
• Number of pages: 32