Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium Young readers will delight in this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series, sharing in Nancys anticipation and disappointment when the trip doesnt go as planned. But with her trademark panache, Nancy manages to make even this frustrating situation fun—and, of course, fancy. Fancy Nancy is a 2005 childrens picture book written by Jane OConnor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. The book spent nearly 100 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list,1 launching a series that now numbers more than 70 books, selling 29 million volumes. Fancy Nancy has been on Publishers Weeklys bestseller list for picture books, was a Childrens BookoftheMonth Club selection and a Junior Library Guild Selection. It also won a Borders 2006 Original Voices award2 and has been translated into 20 languages, including Hungarian and Hebrew. In April 2012, Nancy was featured in her first chapter book, Nancy Clancy: Super Sleuth. Books in the Fancy Nancy series have now spent 330 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and in the fall of 2012, Fancy Nancy the Musical was produced by Vital Theatre Company in New York City.