cimorene1558 's review for:

Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique by Jane O'Connor

2.0

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I kind of missed the princess bug as a child (I was much more the prince type--you have to be if you're the oldest, and for a long time the tallest of three sisters and you're going to play pretend games together--games with all female characters have their limitations), and so I find it very hard to understand this stuff. I don't mind it on the whole--I have my own princess moments, stylistically speaking, as an adult--but when it becomes a case of encouraging children to be obsessed with shopping and having things, that worries me. And kid yard sales are a recipe for disaster. I like Fancy Nancy better when she's focusing on pretentious manners and art.