Fancy Nancy & More

For the huge crowd of Fancy Nancy fans, it might be hard to wait until the next book comes out (Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist, coming in March!) but I have come across a couple of great books that will be huge hits.




The first one is called Pink Me Up by Charise Harper (the same author of the fabulous Just Grace chapter books!). It's about a little girl rabbit who is really looking forward to a Pink Mother-Daughter tea. On the day of the event, the mom is sick, and the girl's father offers to take her. The girl "pinks up" her father and they go to the tea, where they are a smash hit and she has a great time. The book is really charming and will go over well especially with fathers and daughters.

The second one is Silverlicious by Victoria Kann, the fourth book in the wildly popular Pinkalicious series. I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of this (it's due out Feb. 1) and I liked the story. Pinkalicious loses a tooth and discovers that it is her sweet tooth. Various holiday figures (the Easter Bunny, one of Santa's elves) visit her instead of the Tooth Fairy and leave sweets for her, but Pinkalicious rejects all of them. Then she realizes that sweet behavior might be the key to recovering her sweet tooth, and writes them an apology letter for rejecting their gifts. The lesson is fairly obvious but not too heavy-handed. The cover design and illustrations literally make the book shine and sparkle, and they will be the key to putting this book in kids' hands.