Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist audiobook

When Nancy's best friend, Bree, gets to go on vacation to a REAL art museum, she feels terrible. An art museum sounds SO FANCY and it's in New York City of all places! The most glamorous place of all! When Nancy's mom surprises her with brand new glitter markers and her little sister with crayons inspiration strikes! Nancy begins on an artistic journey while waiting for Bree to get back, which ends in a Local Artist Exhibit right in their very own back yard! Mallory's thoughts: I loved this because I want to be an Artist when I grow up! And, I liked ALL her fancy words. I liked all the places she drew in. She was outside a lot. I was surprised that Mrs. DeVine was fancy just like her! Fancy Nancy is the fanciest girl I've ever seen! I loved all the fish drawings. Oh, and I really like when they splashed paint everywhere! I like Lionel's faces he makes. Lionel's such a goofball! I liked Claude Monet's painting the most. I wish I was fancy like Nancy!My thoughts: I love Fancy Nancy! My girls just hang on every word in her books and on every drawing to see what she's going to say and wear! This one was extra special with all of the information and exposure to great, classic artists and their works which inspire Nancy and her friends. Today after reading this book with them last night I come upstairs to them producing their own performance in the most wild and hilarious outfits! There wasn't a scarf unused! The best part? When I asked what they were I was told "I was a storm! That's why I'm wearing all this black!" and "I'm a rainbow!" These books bring out the most amazing imaginations in children! What more could you ask for in a book!?

Genre: Realistic FictionAwards: NoneGrade Level: 3-4I could use Fancy Nancy Aspiring Artist in my classroom to help build the students vocabulary and introduce them to some famous painters. Fancy Nancy uses different words in the book that you normally do not hear on a day-to-day bases. For a follow up activity I will have a list of some of the words that were used in the book and there synonyms. I will have the students complete a synonym booklet. The students will fold a piece of construction paper in half and then choose 2 words from the list that I have provided. I will have them write 2 different sentences with the words they have choose and draw a picture under each sentence.

This the first Fancy Nancy book I've read though I certainly helped a lot of summer reading kids find them last year. The vocabulary in this book would be great in a writing lesson on stretching student word use.I would like to argue with Nancy that doodles do count as art. Fancy Nancy mentions different artists and some of their pictures and styles are reflected in the book.My favorite quote in this book is "Artists are allowed to break rules!" I appreciated that Nancy also has bad art days. Creativity can be hard and elusive. I know this from writing.The elementary school I attended once had a mass student created replica of the Jackson Pollock painting shown in Aspiring Artist. I would love to fling paint around like these kids do outside on the grass.

Fancy Nancy is a breath of fresh air in the stultifying world of little girls' picture books. The author revels in her lace, ruffles, and bows-loving heroine's femininity without insulting her (or her readers') intelligence. Nancy faces the many crisises of childhood with pluck and good cheer, allowing the adults in her life to teach and guide her into a better understanding of how to face her fears and troubles - be they a disruptive little sister, an unusual babysitter, or a boring spring break spent at home without her best friend. My favorite part? Instead of talking down to her readers, she teaches them legitimate "fancy" vocabulary! Love it! Oh, and did I mention the illustrations? Detailed, fun, and pitch-perfect. Hide those "Pinkalicious" books and check out "Nancy" for your 4 to 8 year old instead!

In this delightful book, Nancy has to amuse herself during spring vacation. Her best friend Bree is out of town.She builds an art clubhouse and gets to work making artistic masterpieces.Each day she does something different. Her art is done with her own unique flair of course.The book mentions the famous artists Degas, Monet, Matisse, and Pollock.A nice book for a budding artistic child to read.

Absolutely loved the real world art comparisons and the links to art history and things our kids can actually try and experience!

Such a fun way to encourage creativity in kids!Recommended for 3 and up.

Hav really liked it. I did too.

Not our first read through of this one and my kids love Fancy Nancy. Another solid addition. One of my kids gets super excited that they talked about Henri Matisse in school.

Our family loves Fancy Nancy. Such a fun series.

LOVE these books! Teaches all sorts of new vocabulary! This book revolves around art. You could use this as a template for activities to do during the week when you have art time. This would be lots of fun and very interactive for the students!

Fancy Nancy is about a girl named Nancy, who need to find a new hobby while her friend is away. This is where she decides she want to be an artist. She spends the rest of spring break creating and finding new ways of getting inspiration. She pulls inspiration from dance classes, the flowers in the garden, movies and even from an at museum that her father takes her to. She gets the idea to make a big piece of art, like a tapestry. When her friend come home the the children get together to make this art piece. When it finished they have a show case to display all her work and how much happiness it brought her. This book is very inspiring, because she follows her dream of becoming an artist. No matter how blocked she got, she would find new inspirations and her parents were always supportive. The support that Nancy got from her parents remind me of when I was younger and how they would always tell me to pursue my dreams. I would defiantly recommend this book because not only was the story and picture entertaining. But this book uses come complicated words that would be great for an exercise to learn the words and their meaning. Fancy Nancy also introduces a famous artists and some of the art work that she became inspired by, it would be great to make a fun class art project that is related to one of these artists.

Grade: pre-kGenre: realistic- fictionAward(s): noneThe vocabulary in this book would be great in a writing lesson on stretching student word use. I would teach the students the synonyms for the big silly words that Nancy use. I would have about a three day follow-up activity. One activity would be to have the students choose a word and from the synonym list that we created and they would trace the dots (spelling out the word). I would also have them go home and they would have to use the word correctly three times. There would be a check list sheet for the parents to check make sure they are using the word right and they would have to indicate how the word was used. Another way of using the book is introducing the many different artist Fancy Nancy talks about in the book. I would have the students draw their own creation of art like Nancy did (for example the flowers she draw in the garden). For our last project I would have the students come together and create a moral. I would divide the paper into equal spaces for each person in the class. I would have each student create a design on his or her designated spot. We would than hang up the image concluding our "Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artisit".

I have noticed these books at the library, and I just finished reading two Nancy Clancy books, for a little older reader. I loved the funny illustrations in this book. Nancy is feeling glum, with her friend, Bree, on vacation in New York City. Nancy's mom brings her some markers, and Nancy gets the idea of making the club house into an artists studio. Each day she does work like a famous artist. She has a visit to an art museum, and the book shows her dad and friend Lionel looking at different artists work. The children gather together to do a Jack Pollack style picture. The parents give them left over house paints. The picture of the children dancing and flinging paint around is adorable. They have an art exhibit the end of the week, which is free with refreshments. Very cute book, that introduces small children to art and artists, and to new words.