Praise for Meet Miss Fancy:
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth
A 2021-2022 Golden Sower Award Nominee
A 2021-2022 Missouri Show Me Readers Book Award Nominee
A Volunteer State Book Award Nominee – 2020-2021
An ILA-CBC Teachers’ Choices Pick – 2020
A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Pick – 2020
An Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award Nominee – 2019–2020
★ “Meet Miss Fancy should be savored for its joyous, vibrant renderings of Avondale’s African American community and families, so full of movement and light that they often resemble stills from an animated film. This is a gem of a story.” —Booklist, starred review
“Create[s] a window into the Jim Crow South while also telling a compelling tale.”—Horn Book
“[An] introduction to segregation…that may snatch at kids’ hearts and lead to more exploration.”—BCCB
“Quality storytelling and beautiful art allow a likable protagonist to shine.” —Kirkus
FRANK HAS ALWAYS LOVED elephants, from their hosepipe trunks and flap-flap ears to
their tree-stump feet and swish-swish tails. But he's never seen one in real life. More than
anything, Frank wants to pet an elephant. He thinks he just might get his chance when Miss
Fancy, a circus elephant, retires to Birmingham's Avondale Park.
But disappointment sets in quickly when Frank realizes he won't be allowed to pet her, after all.
The year is 1913 and Avondale Park is segregated. The NO COLORED ALLOWED sign looms large
and means Frank's dream will stay a dream . . . unless he can find a way to change things.
Based on the true history of Miss Fancy, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama's Avondale Park
until 1934, Meet Miss Fancy is an endearing and heartrending story set in the era when Jim Crow
reigned supreme, largely unchecked but for the dreams and will of those who thought they could
make a difference
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their tree-stump feet and swish-swish tails. But he's never seen one in real life. More than
anything, Frank wants to pet an elephant. He thinks he just might get his chance when Miss
Fancy, a circus elephant, retires to Birmingham's Avondale Park.
But disappointment sets in quickly when Frank realizes he won't be allowed to pet her, after all.
The year is 1913 and Avondale Park is segregated. The NO COLORED ALLOWED sign looms large
and means Frank's dream will stay a dream . . . unless he can find a way to change things.
Based on the true history of Miss Fancy, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama's Avondale Park
until 1934, Meet Miss Fancy is an endearing and heartrending story set in the era when Jim Crow
reigned supreme, largely unchecked but for the dreams and will of those who thought they could
make a difference
Meet Miss Fancy
FRANK HAS ALWAYS LOVED elephants, from their hosepipe trunks and flap-flap ears to
their tree-stump feet and swish-swish tails. But he's never seen one in real life. More than
anything, Frank wants to pet an elephant. He thinks he just might get his chance when Miss
Fancy, a circus elephant, retires to Birmingham's Avondale Park.
But disappointment sets in quickly when Frank realizes he won't be allowed to pet her, after all.
The year is 1913 and Avondale Park is segregated. The NO COLORED ALLOWED sign looms large
and means Frank's dream will stay a dream . . . unless he can find a way to change things.
Based on the true history of Miss Fancy, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama's Avondale Park
until 1934, Meet Miss Fancy is an endearing and heartrending story set in the era when Jim Crow
reigned supreme, largely unchecked but for the dreams and will of those who thought they could
make a difference
their tree-stump feet and swish-swish tails. But he's never seen one in real life. More than
anything, Frank wants to pet an elephant. He thinks he just might get his chance when Miss
Fancy, a circus elephant, retires to Birmingham's Avondale Park.
But disappointment sets in quickly when Frank realizes he won't be allowed to pet her, after all.
The year is 1913 and Avondale Park is segregated. The NO COLORED ALLOWED sign looms large
and means Frank's dream will stay a dream . . . unless he can find a way to change things.
Based on the true history of Miss Fancy, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama's Avondale Park
until 1934, Meet Miss Fancy is an endearing and heartrending story set in the era when Jim Crow
reigned supreme, largely unchecked but for the dreams and will of those who thought they could
make a difference
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940173024053 |
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Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
Publication date: | 08/11/2020 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Age Range: | Up to 4 Years |
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