Reader Recommendation: Nancy La Elegante

Nancy La Elegante

Written By: Jane O'Connor,

Illustrated By: Robin Preiss Glasser

A girl who wants to learn French, loves ice cream and uses the word "boligrafo"? That's Nancy La Elegante for you! My daughter fell in love with this popular character because of her girly ways and flare for the dramatic (I think she saw a bit of herself in there). I fell in love with Nancy because of all the great vocabulary words sprinkled throughout the book.

Whimsical illustrations tell the story of Nancy's quest to make her family "mas elegante" (fancier). She gives silly and fun examples of what it means to be elegant such as how wearing ruffled socks help her play soccer better than socks without ruffles. Nancy is a resourceful and creative little girl who takes it into her own hands to fancify (better yet - Nancy-fy!) her family. She sets up her own in house class for her mom, dad and sister where she teaches them how to distinguish between "lo sencillo y lo elegante" (simple things and fancy things).

Her family gets the hang of the fancy life and heads out to enjoy a glammed up pizza meal. A little run in with dessert leaves Nancy feeling not so "elegante" and the family heads home to settle in for the night. At the end
of the book, after an exhausting fancy day, Nancy shares with readers that there's only one way to say "I love you".

Nancy is a regular in our house - bedtime, story time, just cause. Her silly antics and delightful way of describing things always keeps us giggling!

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Carla Molina is a weaver of words and creative collaborator. A Jersey girl at heart with lots of love for Boston, she spends most of her time raising two bilingual little ladies and brainstorming more ways to write her heart out. She blogs about being a woman and a creative creature at All of Me Now. And plays cheerleader to the local businesses serving families in her current home state at Petit Rhody.