Title: Fancy Nancy
My Family History
Author: Jane O’Connor
Photographer: Robin Preiss Glasser
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 6-9
Theme: Ancestral Report
Synopsis: The book is about a girl who wrote a report about her great-grandfather who was ninety years old. She knew her great-grandfather was a war hero but did not have much information about him to complete her report. The grandfather visited her family and she was able to gather more facts from him in order to complete her ancestral report.
About the Author: O’Connor was born, and bred in New York City. She still lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her family and their canine companion. Her book, Fancy Nancy, remained on the New York Times picture book list for ninety-eight weeks. O’Connor finds writing for adult much harder, but she had fund and novel experience of finally writing some sex scenes. She is married and considers her husband, Jim, a relative newcomer to NYC even after thirty-five years of marriage. Her book, the Fancy Nancy- The 100th Day of School was published in 2009.
About the photographer: Robin Preiss Glasser is an illustrator. She is a wife, and she has sold more than 1 million copies of the book. “I then had the opportunity to illustrate beloved radio star Garrison Keillor’s Dady’s Girl and award-winning poet Elizabeth Garton Scanlon’s A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toe, before being paired, in 2005, with author Jane O’Connor for the life-changing (for me!), first in the Fancy Nancy series..” O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser are the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling Fancy Nancy series. Jane lives with her family in New York City, but Robin lives with her family in southern California
Pre-reading activities: The children will be asked to collect information about someone in their family they would like to know about. They will be asked to write a brief poem about the person based on the information they get.
Post-reading: They will share the information with the class and each child will learn from one another
Reflection: This book is good for children because it helps them to know about their family roots. Reading this book will help children to cherish and appreciate the worth of every family member. It will help them to be family and community oriented as they grow.
Works cited:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/O-Connor-and-Robin-Preiss-Glasser?store=kids&keyword=O%E2%80%99Connor+and+Robin+Preiss+Glasser
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