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The nutcracker  Cover Image Book Book

The nutcracker / [adaptation] written by Berlie Doherty ; illustrated by Ian Beck.

Summary:

A retelling of the classic story in which Clara helps break the spell on her toy nutcracker and watches him change into a handsome prince.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385604378
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
  • Publisher: London : Doubleday, 2002.
Subject: Nutcrackers (Implements) > Fiction
Christmas stories

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch CEL JP Hoffm 31681001361781 PICTURE Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and watches him change into a handsome prince.
  • Independent Publishing Group
    A gift-book to treasure for all fans of this wonderful old story and ballet. It is Christmas Eve and Clara is overjoyed when Godfather Drosselmeyer gives her a nutcracker in the shape of a wooden soldier. But it is at night that the magic really begins, when toys come alive, young girls become princesses and Clara’s brave nutcracker becomes the prince of her dreams. This beautiful and lyrical re-telling of Hoffman’s much-loved Nutcracker story, from which the famous ballet was created, is exquisitely and enchantingly illustrated, making it a book to treasure.
  • Random House, Inc.
    A gift-book to treasure for all fans of this wonderful old story and ballet.

    It is Christmas Eve and Clara is overjoyed when Godfather Drosselmeyer gives her a nutcracker in the shape of a wooden soldier. But it is at night that the magic really begins, when toys come alive, young girls become princesses and Clara’s brave nutcracker becomes the prince of her dreams.

    This beautiful and lyrical retelling of Hoffman’s much-loved Nutcracker story, from which the famous ballet was created, is exquisitely and enchantingly illustrated, making it a book to treasure.

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