Review - Fancy Nancy: Bubbles, Bubbles, and More Bubbles!

Fancy Nancy: Bubbles, Bubbles, and More Bubbles! (Fancy Nancy)
by Jane O'Connor
illustrated by Ted Enik
Date: 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 32
Format: e-book
Source: library

Fancy Nancy and her class are going to see The Big Bubble Show!

Nancy and Bree can't wait to go. But when Bree gets sick and has to miss the show, Nancy decides to put on a bubble show of her own. Will Nancy and her classmates be able to put on the best bubble show ever?

(synopsis from Goodreads)

I hate to say it, but this Fancy Nancy book kind of phoned it in. The story wasn't very strong, and there was just something missing from the illustrations (it may have been the fact that Nancy's oft-embellished hair was plain throughout the book). Also, what was up with Dad? Unless I missed the title called Fancy Nancy: Nancy's New Mom in which her father transitions... Why is he drawn to look like a woman in this book? (I know some people have complained about him looking like he has the head of a toddler on an adult body. But this took the weirdness to a whole other level. Now he looks like a little girl!)

The basic story is that Nancy's class goes to see this bubble show, but Bree is sick so she can't go. So Nancy gets the idea for her class to put on their own bubble show when Bree gets back to school. Bree shouldn't even have been back, in my opinion; she still had a sore throat, so she may have passed strep to all her friends. Nice.

This is probably the weakest Fancy Nancy I've read yet in the I Can Read! series. I didn't really like it.

Premise: 3/5
Meter: n/a
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 3/5
Originality: 3/5

Enjoyment: 3/5

Overall: 3 out of 5