Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet: A Sparkling Ballet Adventure About Friendship, Spotlight Dreams, and Fancy Flair

Fancy Nancy is the BEST! The girls I nanny loves these books because the pictures are vibrant and the text is quite witty. Plus, they get to learn big words and add them to their vocabulary.

My 6 year old daughter is a HUGE Fancy Nancy fan, ever since she received her first Fancy Nancy book as a gift at the age of 2. Now we have over a dozen Fancy Nancy books, and every time she finds a new one, she has to have it! LOL This story, "Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet" is a particular favorite of my daughter's because she loves ballet. I have to confess that, I too enjoy the Fancy Nancy stories. This one encompasses a lesson for the little ones on how to deal with disappointment. It came in quite handy when my daughter suffered her first real disappointment this month when she didn't get a part in her school play, while her two best friends did. I reminded her of this FN story, and we re-read it together (she felt much better after we were done.) I highly recommend this book, and indeed all the Fancy Nancy books. The story is fresh, enjoyable, and includes a life lesson for the little ones (one even us adults can benefit from), plus it is beautifully illustrated!

Boughfor a 21 year old graddaughter as a reminder of her dreams as a child when we would read Fancy Nancy books.

Absolutely perfect for aspiring five year old ballerina.

With a young daughter named Nancy, we obviously have a lot of Fancy Nancy titles on the shelf. All of them are good, but some of them are better than others. This newest one is one of the better ones. This time around, I particularly like the lesson it teaches. It's an obvious one, but it fits well in the story that is told. Here, Nancy becomes jealous when her best friend, Bree, gets a part in the ballet recital that Nancy really wants. Along the way, we get to see Nancy's love of ballet and everything fancy (of course). In the end, as expected, everything works out well. Nancy and Bree are friends forever and there is a celebratory dinner at the King's Crown. It's much of what's best in a Fancy Nancy story.

This girl has such a conscience. She confesses anything she thinks she might have done wrong to her parents and thinks her mom is the wisest person. She works through her difficult feelings and chooses to be happy and enjoy the circumstance she finds herself in instead of continuing to be upset about not having a hat she thought she wanted. She becomes genuinely happy for the friend who gets what she herself wanted.

Oh my goodness the girls just went crazy over "Fancy Nancy"....plan to order more for birthdays and Christmases,

Love these books- this one especially has a great lesson on dealing with jealousy amongst friends!

Lovely Girl Book with differrentiated vocabulary !

Io e mia figlia amiamo molto le storie di Francy Nancy e questo libro non fa eccezione

She loved it! She is a dancer, so the theme really fit. The sparkles on the outside of the book are just the icing on the cake. This is a great story and teaches children a great lesson - not to mention it expands their vocabularies!

I saw the Fancy Nancy books and thought that this would be a great present for my 6 year old niece. She and her 4 year old sister absolutely love it and ask for it to be read over and over. They like picking out the clothes and accessories in the book that they want to wear.

One of the best stories in the Fancy Nancy series, it tells a great story while gently expressing the conflicted feelings that come when Nancy gets jealous of her best friend's unexpected good fortune.