Fancy Nancy: There's No Day Like a Snow Day

 

O'Connor, Jane.(2012). Fancy Nancy: There's No Day Like a Snow Day. New York.: HarperCollins.

I have never been a "Fancy Nancy" fan, but I picked this book up at the most recent Scholastic Fair and Nancy won my heart. Jane O'Connor's clever use of "fancy words" to increase children's vocabulary made the librarian and literacy teacher in me grin.  Nancy and her sister get ready to "frolic" - fancy for having fun - in the snow. Even though they have to wait all day to go to the sledding hill ("Grown-ups don't get snow days. That is a sad but true fact of life."), they find other ways to have fun in the snow while they wait. A lovely read aloud and a great early reader, the stickers for creating your own 'fancy' snowperson are an added bonus. 

Primary (and fun for older students to reminisce about snow days)