--- product_id: 256580169 title: "Harper Festival Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina" price: "₨385" currency: SCR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.sc/products/256580169-harper-festival-fancy-nancy-budding-ballerina store_origin: SC region: Seychelles --- # Paperback, durable library binding Vocabulary & pronunciation embedded Ballet terms & moves explained Harper Festival Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina **Price:** ₨385 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🩰 Spark your child’s passion for ballet and family fun with Fancy Nancy’s graceful moves! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Harper Festival Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina - **How much does it cost?** ₨385 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sc](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/256580169-harper-festival-fancy-nancy-budding-ballerina) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Learn Ballet Like a Pro:** Clear explanations of ballet moves like plié, pirouette, and jeté make it easy for young readers to follow. - • **Boost Early Literacy Skills:** Embedded pronunciations and definitions turn reading into an educational adventure. - • **Dance Your Way to Family Fun:** Nancy’s ballet journey inspires the whole family to join in and bond over dance. - • **Celebrate Perseverance & Positivity:** A heartwarming tale that teaches kids the power of encouragement, humor, and self-confidence. - • **Built to Last Through Repeated Reads:** Reinforced library binding ensures this favorite story withstands countless bedtime sessions. ## Overview Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina is a charming paperback children’s book that introduces young readers (ages 3-5) to ballet through an engaging story filled with dance moves, vocabulary lessons, and family bonding. With reinforced library binding and embedded pronunciations, it’s designed for repeated reading and early literacy development, making it a beloved pick for parents and budding ballerinas alike. ## Description What starts out as dancing school just for Dad quickly turns into a ballet class for Nancy's whole family. Fans of Fancy Nancy will delight in learning to plie, pirouette, and jete with Nancy as she demonstrates all of the positions she's learned in Review: Fancy Nancy - This is a sweet and easy read for a six year old who loves going to her ballet class. I was happy to have this. Review: Delightful story with important life lessons - “Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina,” written by Jane O’Connor, cover illustration by Robin Preiss Glasser, and interior illustrations by Carolyn Bracken, is the latest entry in O’Connor’s “Fancy Nancy” series. (Other series titles include “Fancy Nancy” and “Fancy Nancy: Tea Parties.”) Nancy is enamored with ballet and goes to class every week with her best friend Bree at “Madame Lucille’s Academie of the Dance.” She is eager to begin en pointe lessons but looks forward to her beginners classes nevertheless. Her father picks her up from dance class one day and Nancy explains to him that she has just learned to do an arabesque. He is very proud of her! Once at home, she pirouettes into the house and explains that her dog, Frenchy, wags her tail to tell Nancy how graceful she is. At Nancy’s suggestion, her father tries his best to pirouette but doesn’t succeed. Nancy encourages him to have a positive attitude and to start with less difficult steps. To assist him, she decides to make a sign with her glitter pens informing the family that Nancy’s Dance Academy will offer ballet classes. When her mother returns home, Nancy encourages Mom and her little sister JoJo to join the class. She attempts to teach the entire family to ballet, but Dad falls down. Nancy consoles him by saying he’s making progress. When Bree comes to the house, Nancy decides to put on a recital with her for her family. The girls plié, jeté, and pirouette and the family cheers. Later that evening, Nancy retrieves her glitter pens again and makes a special award for her father. It says “Most improved Dad” and her father is very grateful for his daughter’s encouragement and support. This is an endearing story of a nuclear family’s love and support for one another, written for budding ballerinas age three to five years old. The laudable messages, however, resonate across fields of interest beyond ballet. It teaches the importance of perseverance, self-confidence, eagerness to succeed at tasks, the inspirational power of praise, sensitivity to the needs of others, and the value of humor. Of special note is the fact that new words introduced to young readers are explained and that pronunciations are embedded in the text. On the first page of the book, for example, Nancy remarks that the ballet maneuver called “en pointe” is pronounced as “ahn pwant.” Similar pronunciations are interspersed throughout the story. When Nancy’s father picks her up from Madame Lucille’s dance studio, she demonstrates what she learned that day in class and explains that “demonstrate” is a “fancy word for show.” Similar definitions are likewise interspersed throughout the book. These educational lessons enhance both the story and the value of the book and are bound to appeal to parents as well as children. The book’s reinforced library binding will withstand repeated reading and the price point is most reasonable. My only criticisms are that the somewhat unusual font and the relatively small type size may be somewhat difficult for youngsters to initially read. Multiple readings, however, lessen these complaints. Above all, these very minor criticisms do not detract from this very highly recommended book. ## Features - Harperfestival - Binding: paperback - Language: english - Manufacturer: Harperfestival - Brand: Harperfestival - Publication date: 2013-10-08T00:00:01Z - Manufacturer: HarperFestival - Brand: HarperFestival ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #83,895 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #320 in Children's Books on Performing Arts #977 in Humorous Fiction #1,568 in Humor | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,987 Reviews | ## Images ![Harper Festival Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/910WU6F13pL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fancy Nancy *by H***N on 30 December 2013* This is a sweet and easy read for a six year old who loves going to her ballet class. I was happy to have this. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Delightful story with important life lessons *by B***P on 12 July 2022* “Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina,” written by Jane O’Connor, cover illustration by Robin Preiss Glasser, and interior illustrations by Carolyn Bracken, is the latest entry in O’Connor’s “Fancy Nancy” series. (Other series titles include “Fancy Nancy” and “Fancy Nancy: Tea Parties.”) Nancy is enamored with ballet and goes to class every week with her best friend Bree at “Madame Lucille’s Academie of the Dance.” She is eager to begin en pointe lessons but looks forward to her beginners classes nevertheless. Her father picks her up from dance class one day and Nancy explains to him that she has just learned to do an arabesque. He is very proud of her! Once at home, she pirouettes into the house and explains that her dog, Frenchy, wags her tail to tell Nancy how graceful she is. At Nancy’s suggestion, her father tries his best to pirouette but doesn’t succeed. Nancy encourages him to have a positive attitude and to start with less difficult steps. To assist him, she decides to make a sign with her glitter pens informing the family that Nancy’s Dance Academy will offer ballet classes. When her mother returns home, Nancy encourages Mom and her little sister JoJo to join the class. She attempts to teach the entire family to ballet, but Dad falls down. Nancy consoles him by saying he’s making progress. When Bree comes to the house, Nancy decides to put on a recital with her for her family. The girls plié, jeté, and pirouette and the family cheers. Later that evening, Nancy retrieves her glitter pens again and makes a special award for her father. It says “Most improved Dad” and her father is very grateful for his daughter’s encouragement and support. This is an endearing story of a nuclear family’s love and support for one another, written for budding ballerinas age three to five years old. The laudable messages, however, resonate across fields of interest beyond ballet. It teaches the importance of perseverance, self-confidence, eagerness to succeed at tasks, the inspirational power of praise, sensitivity to the needs of others, and the value of humor. Of special note is the fact that new words introduced to young readers are explained and that pronunciations are embedded in the text. On the first page of the book, for example, Nancy remarks that the ballet maneuver called “en pointe” is pronounced as “ahn pwant.” Similar pronunciations are interspersed throughout the story. When Nancy’s father picks her up from Madame Lucille’s dance studio, she demonstrates what she learned that day in class and explains that “demonstrate” is a “fancy word for show.” Similar definitions are likewise interspersed throughout the book. These educational lessons enhance both the story and the value of the book and are bound to appeal to parents as well as children. The book’s reinforced library binding will withstand repeated reading and the price point is most reasonable. My only criticisms are that the somewhat unusual font and the relatively small type size may be somewhat difficult for youngsters to initially read. Multiple readings, however, lessen these complaints. Above all, these very minor criticisms do not detract from this very highly recommended book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Super. *by G***T on 9 March 2025* Joli petit livre pour une petite passionnée de ballet! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sc/products/256580169-harper-festival-fancy-nancy-budding-ballerina](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/256580169-harper-festival-fancy-nancy-budding-ballerina) --- *Product available on Desertcart Seychelles* *Store origin: SC* *Last updated: 2026-10-06*