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Nancy has to write her first book report but is more concerned about the front cover than the actual writing. ( )

Early chapter book: Realistic Fiction
Age Appropriateness: primary
Media: Colored Pencil
Review: This book is about how Nancy had to write a book report on Sacajawea. Nancy spent so much time making the cover of her book report be pretty that when it came to actually writing about her person that she was doing for her book report that she was to tired to write any words.
Critique: This is a good early chapter realistic book because kids have to write book reports and they tend to focus on the detail like Nancy did and not the writing. What made it fiction was because she believes that she is outstandling fancy and transforms her book report into a real life book and acted like the book was real.

In this Fancy Nancy book, Nancy sets off to write a book report on Sacajawea. Nancy is very excited about creating a very detailed book cover. She spends the majority of time on that aspect of the book report and not writing the report. On the day of the report she has only a paragraph written. Luckily, her teacher Mrs. Glass, allows her to share her report orally from her memory. Nancy presents her report orally and finishes happy.

This book achieves a lot more than many easy readers. It gives students a little introduction to who Sacajawea was. It also shows what can happen when you procrastinate on a school project. Some of the words seem like they would be very challenging for a level 1 reader including biography, princess fringe, crestfallen and desperate.