Jane O'Connor

Although excited at the prospect of a fancy class trip to the art museum, the bumpy bus ride to get there leaves Nancy feeling anything but fancy.

Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, is dismayed to be partnered with shy classmate Lionel for the school talent show until she comes up with an act perfectly suited for both of them.

Preparing for picture day at school by choosing just the right outfit, Nancy wonders how she should style her hair and considers pigtails, a bun, and long ringlets before formulating a plan that has her reaching for the scissors.

When Nancy, the girl who loves to use fancy words, learns about Earth Day and "being green," her enthusiasm causes problems at home.

Nancy is so excited to meet her new sitter-especially because Alex is a high school student! She can't wait to play with dolls, play dressup, and have a fancy tea party. But when Alex shows up, Nancy is stunned. Her brand-new babysitter is . . . a boy!

Fancy Nancy thinks that everything in the sky is simply stellar, from the sun and the moon to the stars and their constellations (that's a fancy word for the shapes that stars make!). So nothing could make her happier than a special sleepover under the stars with her dad and her little sister, JoJo. Together Nancy and JoJo wish on stars, moon bathe, and even eat astronaut ice cream! But when rain clouds cover up the stars, what's a stellar stargazer...

JoJo and Daddy bake a cake for a surprise recipient.

When Bree gets sick and can't join her class on a trip to see a bubble show, Nancy and her classmates decide to put on a bubble show of their own for Bree.

Helping her parents with the new twins, JoJo must figure out a way to tell the identical babies apart.

On her mother's birthday, Nancy gives her a total beauty makeover in the yard outside, which she has converted into a fancy salon.