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42 months - O enjoyed this one and we will revisit it when she's at the appropriate reading level. We always enjoy Fancy Nancy because she explains new vocabulary. In this one she also explains what poison ivy looks like and what happens when you touch it. Much more interesting than your typical learning to read story line. ( )

This is a fun book. I have never read a book from the Fancy Nancy Series, but I am hooked. I read this book twice. Once for the text and the second for the pictures. I loved all that have contributed to this book. This could encourage a child to explore flora and fauna. ( )

Fancy Nancy gathers a bouquet of flowers for her teacher's surprise party. She tells her mother that she is a poison ivy expert, but to her dismay ends up with poison ivy. While she recuperates from the poison ivy rash, Nancy really does become an expert because her mother brings her a book all about poison ivy.

This was cute, but a little boring.

There is good information in this book about poison ivy. Students could use it to discuss poison ivy and why it should be avoided.

I read the original Fancy Nancy book to my nieces, and, at the time, thought that the effect of Nancy stopping every other word to explain that "That's a fancy word for so-and-so" was a little annoying. Having now read several of the early readers, I can honestly say that it is MUCH less annoying when you're not the one reading the book aloud!

My niece (who is six and entering the first grade in a week!) found this book easy enough to read with only a little help from me. Help largely consisted of asking her to sound out a word a second time, asking her if the sentence "makes sense" the way she read it, or asking if she's SURE she saw a d (or b, or w) in that word. There were a few words I had to read *for* her, but not more than I'd expect from this style of book. However, it should be noted that she was one of the better readers in her kindergarten class.

The "fancy words" in this book range from the useful - fascinating, miserable - to the more unusual - bouquet, merci, conceal.

It is true, as anothe reviewer stated, that these early readers are less "fancy" than the hardcovers. However, I don't see this as a problem for two reason: First, it's really hard to keep drawing plots out of the conflict between fancy and not fancy, and second because it's nice to read about a girl who likes being fancy but who is otherwise just a kid! If all she did was sit around and be fancy, I wouldn't buy any of these books, no matter HOW educational they are.

I will also note that there are an awful lot of sentences on each page. This is a good book for kids in the later stage of "beginning readers", I think, not in the very early stage. ( )