![]() 9780399546686.īUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLEįrank loves elephants and is thrilled when he hears that the local park in Alabama where he lives could be getting one. Meet Miss Fancy by Irene Latham, illustrated by John Holyfield. The book is a good example-in my humble opinion-of an author showing instead of telling. The fact that this is based on a real elephant and keepers. Which brings me to the second thing I love: the writing or the narrative. I love their hosepipe trunks and their flap-flap ears. ![]() First I just have to say that I love, love, love Frank. But where there's a will, is there a way? Frank, our fictional hero, is not allowed in the park nor allowed to visit Miss Fancy. Birmingham, Alabama, as adult readers will no doubt know was segregated at that time-only whites were allowed. ![]() Miss Fancy lived in her new home from 1913 to 1934. There was an elephant, Miss Fancy, whom schoolchildren helped to purchase from a circus for Avondale Park. Premise/plot: This picture book is set in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1913. But not once, not ever, had Frank seen a real elephant. He loved their hosepipe trunks and their flap-flap ears, their tree-stump feet and their swish-swish tails. He loved drawing elephants and talking about elephants. ![]()
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