Just Plain Fancy is a children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Patricia Polacco, first published in 1990 by Bantam Books.

It tells the story of Naomi and Ruth, two young Amish girls.

One day, they find a mysterious egg lying in the grass.

Naomi and Ruth fear for their precious fancy chicken, and for themselves.

Naomi and Ruth are very frightened, especially when it flies at the elders and spreads its tail.