Audio Clip: Nancy’s Gettin’ Fancy on NPR
Fancy Nancy. I can understand the appeal. How many girls come into the library asking for a story, any story, about princesses? Numerous. It is this sort of interest that makes it impossible to deny that Fancy Nancy is on a roll these days. New books popping up all over, tie-ins, you know the playbook. NPR recently chatted with “Fancy Nancy” author Jane O’Connor about her books. Sounds like Nancy has a lot of basis on the author’s life as a child. Click the play button to listen.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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