Fancy Nancy. Peanut butter and jellyfish

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Title:

Fancy Nancy. Peanut butter and jellyfish

Alternate title:

Peanut putter and jellyfish

Author:

O'Connor, Jane, author.

Enik, Ted, illustrator.

Preiss-Glasser, Robin, illustrator.

Series:

Fancy Nancy.

I can read!.

Beginning reading.

Summary:

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.

Audience:

Ages 4-8.

Guided reading level J.

General Note:

"Pictures based on the art of Robin Preiss Glasser"--Cover.

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Genre:

Readers (Publications)

Subject Term:

Fancy Nancy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.

Jellyfishes -- Juvenile fiction.

Aquariums -- Juvenile fiction.

School field trips -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Enik, Ted,

Preiss-Glasser, Robin,

Publisher:

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information

Publication Date:

2015

ISBN:

9780062269768

Publication Information:

2015

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015].

Call Number:

JR OCONNOR

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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Summary

Fancy Nancy takes a class trip to the aquarium and enjoys all the incredible sea creatures--that is, until she comes to the jellyfish exhibit! With the help of her friends and her teacher, Ms. Glass, Nancy learns to overcome her fear of jellyfish and makes her teacher a special project to say thank you.

Fancy Nancy: Peanut Butter and Jellyfish will delight beginning readers as they experience, right alongside Nancy, the fun of sea life.

Author Notes

Jane O'Connor was born in New York City in 1947. She received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Smith College in 1969. In 1971, she began her publishing career by working in the editorial department of Hastings House Publishers. From 1977 to 1983, she was an editor at Scholastic, Inc.; then she moved to Random House, where she became editor-in-chief of children's books. In 1989, she moved to Grosset and Dunlap.

Her first novel, Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby, was published in 1979. Since then she has written more than 30 children's books including the Nina, Nina Ballerina stories, the Fancy Nancy series and the adult novels Dangerous Admissions and Almost True Confessions. She has won numerous awards including the New York Academy of Sciences Honor book in 1981 for Magic in the Movies: The Story of Special Effects, with Katy Hall; Golden Sower Award, Nebraska Library Association in 1982 for Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby; and the Quill Award for Best Picture Book in 2007 for Fancy Nancy. She is vice-president and editor-at-large for Penguin Books for Young Readers. In 2013 her title Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy Sees The Future made The New York Times Best Seller List. Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)