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Being green is important to Nancy—so important that she wants her family to take care of the Earth morning, noon, and night!

User Reviews about Fancy Nancy: Every Day Is Earth Day (I Can Read Book 1)

The Fancy Nancy books have great stories, lessons, and "fancy" vocabulary my daughter can't get enough of. -- My 4 yr old loves Fancy Nancy

With a daughter named Nancy who is just learning to read, these "I Can Read!" Fancy Nancy titles are great. Sometimes I feel the quality of these little books is not quite up to the main series, but this one is very good. In it Nancy learns about "being green" at school and tries to take the lesson home. This book is filled with kid-friendly tips about been a little greener like turning out lights, taking reusable bags to the store, and the like.

But this book is more than tips. It shows how Nancy goes overboard and starts to irritate her family with her desire to go green. That touch of realism and irony adds a real pleasure to this book and a good lesson. This is definitely one of the better Fancy Nancy titles in this series. -- Being Green Isn't Easy

Reviewed by Sophia (age 7) and Madeline (age 9) McElroy for Reader Views (04/10)

Sophia: This is a story about Fancy Nancy being green. I like this book because it has stuff about being keeping the earth clean. This book has great ideas such as: by keeping the lights off in an empty room, turning off the computer when you are finished with it and turning off the TV when you are done watching it. Fancy Nancy gets herself in a little bit of trouble by turning things off before people in her family were finished! They were getting very irritated with her for being kind of bossy. She wasn't trying to be bossy; she was trying to help the earth.

I like the fancy words because I like learning new fun words. The drawings are really good and pretty. I can't choose one favorite part because I like the whole book.

Madeline: I think this is a great book for families to read together, especially if they don't really know about recycling and being "green." I think that young children will really enjoy the colorful, fun artwork. The Fancy Nancy books are really fun to read, but this is not only fun, it's educational too!

We both recommend "Fancy Nancy: Every Day is Earth Day." -- Educational Too!

Nancy, everyone's favorite fancy girl, has learned about the importance of Earth Day and saving the Earth at school. When she goes home she begins bossing her entire family around to make them save the earth, too. She goes too far when she turns off her little sister's nightlight and her sister wakes up in the dark and is scared. Nancy's parents explain that while saving the Earth is important, she can't be so bossy about it and that compromise is important, too.

As with all Fancy Nancy books, Nancy is brought to life using her fancy words and definitions, giving young readers the chance to learn new vocabulary. The story is straightforward and the plot is easy to understand. The message of the story, however seemed a bit unclear. Was the point more that saving the Earth is important, or that Nancy should not have been so bossy. By dividing that focus, the message of the story is diluted. -- Fancy Nancy: Every Day is Earth Day

I'm not too keen on thrusting environmentalist slogans on very young readers, particularly as the subject matter could be presented in a less strident tone, but all in all I would consider Fancy Nancy: Every Day is Earth Day to be a very good book for beginning readers. As usual, Fancy Nancy does a good job of teaching kids the meaning of several new words, and the charming color illustrations of Aleksey and Olga Ivanov are very effective at drawing kids into the story.

I guess you can interpret this book in one of two ways. On the one hand, it is rather preachy about going green and "saving" the Earth, but - on the other hand - it also shows what can happen when you cross the fine line between responsibility and annoying bossiness in pursuit of a cause. Fancy Nancy tends to go a little overboard on new things, and that is definitely the case here. Having just learned about Earth Day and the importance of caring for the planet, she takes it upon herself to make every day Earth Day, and her well-intentioned actions at home end up causing a few problems within her household. She learns the hard way not to be so bossy and overzealous, and I think it is this lesson (on the importance of respecting the rights and wishes of the other members of her family), that proves to be the most valuable message this cute little book communicates to its target audience of emerging readers. This is definitely not my favorite Fancy Nancy book, though. -- It's not easy being green