The Nutcracker

by Karen Kain

Misha and Marie are thrilled that Christmas is coming. It's a frosty night, the neighbors are all invited, and Peter the stable boy is sweeping the barn in preparation for the dancing to come. But... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088776696X
• ISBN13: 9780887766961
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.7" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

A magnificent addition to any family, school, or community library Christmas picturebook collection

Misha and Marie are thrilled that Christmas is coming and there will be a party with dancing in the family barn. Marie receives a wooden nutcracker from her Uncle Nikolai as a present. On Christmas Eve, Misha and Marie are in bed and beset with nightmares. But then they are rescued by the Nutcracker Prince, swept up into the realm of the Snow Queen and come to the palace of the Sugar Plum Fairy for a night of wonders. A magnificent addition to any family, school, or community library Christmas picturebook collection, "The Nutcracker" is a classic Christmas story that is beautifully retold by internationally renowned ballerina Karen Kain and marvelously illustrated by the museum quality artwork of Rajka Kupesic.

Beautiful pictures, nice version of the story

I picked up this book as a family-Christmas-book a few days ago. The pictures are beautifully done, and the story-line appeals to me much more than the one in Ballanchine's Nutcracker (the brother's not such a brat here). I'll have more to say after I've read it out loud to the kids a few times.