Fancy Nancy: Splendid Speller

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great—she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision. Zusammenfassung Young readers will relate to Nancy's test-taking dilemma in this Fancy Nancy I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. Nancy loves spelling. She can spell fun words like "happy" and French words like chien (that means "dog") and even long words like "splendid." But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated! the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision that pits her pride against her principles. Fancy Nancy: Splendid Speller is a Level One I Can Read book! which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. The back matter features a list of the rich vocabulary words that are used throughout the story along with their definition. ...

Product details

• Authors: Jane Connor, O&apos, Jane O'Connor, O'Connor Jane
• Assisted by: Ted Enik (Illustration), Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.01.2011
• EAN: 9780062001757
• ISBN: 978-0-06-200175-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 3 mm
• Series: I Can Read!; I Can Read!: Level 1; I Can Read Level 1; I Can Read; I Can Read Fancy Nancy - Level
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Readers / Beginner, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Beginner, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Business, Careers, Occupations, JUVENILE FICTION: Books & Libraries