Fancy Nancy: Tea for Two Paperback – Picture Book, 21 February 2012

Bought this book for my nieces to read for a tea party. They enjoyed the story and especially the illustrations.

The book is good … The packaging is another story, it had the book rolled up around some batteries that I had also purchased at the same time … So it had the book rolled/wrinkled.

My 5 year old loves Fancy Nancy, she identifies strongly because she too is Fancy, she has a little sister, a mum who sometimes wears glasses, my daughter loves tutus and jewellery and she loves discovering the new words that Nancy has to add to her vocabulary.I love Fancy Nancy because amidst the Fabulousness there is an extravaganza of learning opportunities, not just literacy and expanded vocabulary but often emotional intelligence, resilience and problem solving for positive relationships.In this book Fancy Nancy has a falling out with her best friend over a chipped teapot and whilst initially indignant she is justified in her behaviour, she comes to realise with her family's gentle help that it takes two to have an argument, she was in the wrong too and that ultimately she values her friendship more than being right.This is excellent stuff for emotional intelligence and building resilience, falling out with your friend doesn't mean the world is over, but if you aren't prepared to compromise and work together and forgive then the friendship certainly will end. But it does it without preaching or shaming or guilt tripping Nancy, facts are repeated back to her with a fresh perspective and she is encouraged to think on what is important, this is excellent and fits well with childhood developmental and emotional thinking of focusing on the aim to encourage good choices rather than toxic shame a child into socially appropriate behaviour.We love Fancy Nancy and will be adding further to our collection, but this one is a keeper for its gentle approach to allowing a child be responsible for their choices without making them feel bad and to encourage good choices to move forward.

I'm on the fence here people. I love these fancy Nancy books and think they are adorable and sweet. I have a lot of these books not just this one. My daughter loves Nancy especially because she has curly hair and is a ballet dancer just like my daughter. See, My daughter is nearly 4 and totally understands this book fine. But I think understanding it is the problem. It's a sweet story idea but the problem I have is when the girls fight, how they talk to each other. It's pretty hard to explain why one girl yells at another one to leave her house and that she refuses to place any more. And one saying that she will never come back. My daughter is now under the assumption that when she quarrels with anyone she can tell them to leave and never come back and she doesn't want to know them any more. It was funny at first but it's a nasty habit all from reading the book ONE time. As a parent I really value respectful kind behavior to everyone and really try and drive home respecting friends, elders, siblings, and everyone so I felt like maybe this made my daughter thing being disrespectful was ok. So, I had to give the book to the library for some one else that's maybe older to enjoy. I have a dozen fancy Nancy books though and all of them are fantastic and so sweet. The writer is so clever and fun with her ideas and point of view of Nancy. I'll definitely be buying more Nancy books, just this one was off the mark for me.

Fancy Nancy deals with conflict in this particular book. This books gets a little complex with emotions. A short synopsis: Fancy Nancy breaks a special tea pot of her friends while they are playing together. It is broken because Nancy says it is her turn to play and they begin to struggle over the teapot and it ends up in the floor broken . The friends both become angry and Nancy later becomes sad and remorseful. She talks to her parents who say she should apologize. The friends reconcile at the end.There is a lot of complexity in this book for younger ages, for my almost 3 year old became bored with the book, but my almost 5 year old understood the conflict and knew how to respond. She knew the argument should have never taken place and how to resolve it. Fancy Nancy has had some struggles in other books, but this showed the selfishness of Nancy in this case. I know this is supposed to show an example of how to resolve conflict, but the conflict could of been avoided if she would of realized how special the teapot was to her friend. Personally, I just did not like the subject matter of the book and it is not chosen by either of my girls for normal reading.I understand addressing the subject matter, but this book goes away from the light spirited attitude in most of the books and addresses conflict that could of been avoided in the first place. Maybe I just didn't like the book, but others may find this needs to be addressed. When my 5 year old can figure out during the progression of the book how to avoid the conflict, then the book becomes useless and not entertaining.