Book Review: Fancy Nancy

Fancy Nancy is a series that exposes children to complex vocabulary in an appealing fashion.
We were at Costco last weekend and they had tons of the Fancy Nancy books, so I bought one for Isadora. I got the original Fancy Nancy book, although I will go back for more. :) Not only does she love the book because it has lots of fun illustrations that appeal to her girly side, but I love it because it introduces the idea of using more sophisticated vocabulary in a fun way. Bouquet is fancy for a bunch of flowers, says Fancy Nancy. Fuchsia is fancy for purple. I love it! I've used it to introduce other words to her over the last week - I can't remember all of them - but I do remember talking about how crimson was fancy for red.
But apart from the vocabulary, it has a great storyline that is very appealing to me as a parent. A rare thing with a lot of the books I have to read aloud in the evening (snooorre!!). Click here to see some of the other books in the series.