Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family, but after aday of puppysitting a papillon, she realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing.
Beth admires her friend Molly's courage, but on a visit to Molly's country home, Beth surprises herself with her own bravery when the two become lost within the maze of a cornfield.
To cheer up her classmates after a gloomy week, Nancy plans an elegant party, but Ms. Glass shows up looking plain and Nancy must figure out a way to save the celebration.
Nancy is about to lose her first tooth, but if she can prevent it from falling out until she arrives at school she will get a special necklace from the nurse.
Nancy, who loves to use fancy words, and her friend Bree are proud to be the best spellers in their class, but when a spelling quiz proves tougher than Nancy thought, Nancy is faced with a difficult decision.
Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.
