The Nutcracker Ballet

by Deborah Hautzig

Book Overview

A Step 3 early reader retelling of the classic story of the Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. From the opening Christmas Eve party scene to the closing scene in which Marie and her Nutcracker prince... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679823859
• ISBN13: 9780679823858
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

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Although many versions of the ballet call the girl Clara, she is called Marie Stahlbaum in the original E.T.A. Hoffmann story and in some versions of the ballet. This retelling is not incorrect; it just refers back to an earlier version of the story.