Nutcracker Ballet: A Book, Theater, and Paper Doll Foldout Play Set [With Paper Doll & Fold-Out Play Set]

by Mara Conlon

It's Christmas Eve and young Clara is about to have a magical night-filled with scrumptious sweets, majestic music, and the most beautiful dancing she's ever seen! Make the classic story of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593598858
• ISBN13: 9781593598853
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.0" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Not Good Condition

The condition of this book was listed as good, but all of the pages had tape on them holding the pop-up parts flat against the page, the nutcracker was missing, and Drosselmeyer didn't have a head. It's not even worth keeping. I'm throwing it in the trash.

Loved it!

I was looking for a Nutcracker book that included the Angel role (since my girls are dancing that part) and this book does. In fact, my girls ages 8 and 6 loved it so much, we bought 5 more copies for their friends who are dancing with them in the production. I was impressed with the number of paper dolls, quality of the book, and definitely the price! The story book itself is illustrated with the same paper doll characters, so it is easy for children to locate and place characters onto the 3 scenes of the stage as they read the story. The paper dolls are made of heavy cardstock, but we also laminated ours so they would endure the amount of play they are getting. I recommend this book.

Great book

I never saw the Nutcracker, or at least not that I remember. And I used to study design so I love the super cool figures. But what is really great is that there is a story to go along with the figures. I bought this book for my niece and she really loves it and the combination of the story and the well designed visual aspects of the book make it really special and keep her attention (and mine!).

Wonderful book!

I bought this book/playset for my 5 year old so she would understand the Nutcracker story before we attended the ballet. It is WONDERFUL! She has re-preformed the ballet again and again with the beautiful paper dolls that are included. They did not skimp! There are plenty of dolls for all the scenes in the ballet and the dolls (and the book) are beautifully illustrated! It's so rare to get so much for your money these days...this book & playset delivers! I wouldn't recommend for children much younger than 5 as the dolls are paper dolls and therefore will tear if not treated carefully. There is even a large envelope included in the back where the paper dolls can be safely stored after play.

great gift for young dancer

This book was purchased for a raffle basket at a performance of the Nutcracker. My daughter took one look at it and wanted one. She loves the pop up staging. A great book to bring to school for indoor recess.

Classic Nutcracker with a Twist

Love this book. Perfect for that special someone that loves the ballet and loves to have hands on while reading. It takes the old school paper doll toys to a different and wonderful level.