A review by nerfherder86
Meet Miss Fancy by Irene Latham

4.0

Sweet historical fiction picture book about a young boy who loves elephants and helps raise pennies to bring "Miss Fancy" the elephant to his local park. But it is Jim Crow era Alabama, and as an African American boy, Frank is not allowed to enter the park to see Miss Fancy up close. He compromises by tossing her peanuts from a nearby tree; tries to get the church picnic held at the park, but for the same reasons, cannot do it. So Frank comes up with a cute solution to get Miss Fancy to come to him! Frank is fictitious but as we learn in the author's note, Miss Fancy and the park were real; she lived there from 1914 to 1934, and she escaped from the park 12 times!! I loved the artwork of this book, the paintings are gorgeous and realistic.