Robin Preiss-Glasser
23) Soccer mania
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Nancy Clancy volume 6
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As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.
27) Lambslide
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A flock of lambs mishears the word "landslide" as "lambslide" and begins a campaign to have one built for them on the farm.
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Nancy Clancy volume 7
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English
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Nancy Clancy and her friend Bree try to start a business to get rich, but when things don't go as planned, Nancy learns a valuable lesson.
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Fancy Nancy can't wait to attend her uncle's wedding. She envisions the most exquisite celebration to take place -- after all, she's never been to a wedding before. But when Nancy learns that her uncle and his fiancée, Dawn, are taking a more nontraditional route, she's afraid it won't be the fancy wedding she had hoped for. Nancy learns that sometimes a simple celebration can turn out to be more magnificent than she ever imagined!
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Nancy Clancy volume 8
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English
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When she decides that the articles in the latest issue of the Third Grade Gazette are not interesting enough, Nancy sets out to find some news worth reporting on.
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Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 3
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English
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Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places.
37) Aspiring artist
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Inspired by such art masters as Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, and Jackson Pollock, Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, dons her beret to create her own fabulous artwork.