Jane O'Connor

Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, decides to make an homage to her little sister's pet goldfish as her project for the 100th day of school.

When Nancy's friend Bree gets some glittery glasses to help her see better, Nancy, who likes to be fancy, wants to wear glasses too. Includes a glossary of fancy words.

When Nancy, the girl who loves to use fancy words, learns about Earth Day and "being green, " her enthusiasm causes problems at home.

Fancy Nancy provides one or more of her favorite fancy words for each letter of the alphabet, defines them, and uses some in sentences that show what they mean to her, such as that she yearns--wants really badly--to visit Paris someday.

While on a field trip to the aquarium, Nancy discovers that she loves all the different sea life except for jellyfish, but with the help of Ms. Glass and her friends, Nancy is able to overcome her fear of the gelatinous animals.

A young girl who uses fancy words and considers herself practically a poison ivy expert learns a valuable (and itchy) lesson about the plant after picking a bouquet of wildflowers.

Nancy is devastated, which is even worse than heart-broken, when her fancy Christmas tree topper breaks, threatening to ruin Christmas.

Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role than hers.

Nancy is delighted that the new boy in her class is from Paris and sets out to become his friend, then discovers that this Parisian is not quite as fancy as she had thought.

Third-grader Nancy tries her hand at fortune-telling but quickly learns it is a bit more complicated than she thought.