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The nutcracker  Cover Image Book Book

The nutcracker / retold by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by Peter Malone.

Spinner, Stephanie. (Author). Malone, Peter, 1953- (illustrator.). Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 Nussknacker und Mauskönig. (Added Author).

Summary:

In this retelling of the original 1816 German story, Godfather Drosselmeier gives young Marie a nutcracker for Christmas, and she finds herself in a magical realm where she saves the nutcracker and sees him change into a handsome prince.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553524659 (Gilbraltar library binding)
  • ISBN: 9780375844645 (trade)
  • ISBN: 0375844643 (trade)
  • ISBN: 9780375944642 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0375944648 (lib. bdg.)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"With a fully orchestrated CD of the Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky music."
Target Audience Note:
Ages 5-8.
AD 960 Lexile.
Subject: Christmas stories.
Fairy tales.
Christmas > Fiction

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lebanon PL - Lebanon Y F SPI PRI (Text) 34330512921231 Juvenile - Holiday Available -
New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle JE SPIN (Text)
590 Entry: Additional copy is missing the CD.
39231031674175 Children's Holiday Collection Available -
New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle JE SPIN (Text)
590 Entry: Additional copy is missing the CD.
39231033234317 Children's Holiday Collection Available -

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Stephanie Spinner is the author of many highly praised children’s books ranging from the picture books Alex the Parrot and It’s a Miracle! A Hanukkah Storybook and the Step-Up Classic Dracula to the middle-grade novel Aliens for Breakfast, and Quiver and Quicksilver, young adult retellings of myths.
 
Peter Malone has illustrated such classical works as Peter and the Wolf, The Magic Flute, At the Opera, The World of King Arthur and His Court, and The Adventures of Odysseus. His illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker and on British Royal Mail stamps.


From the Hardcover edition.


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