This book is a beautiful treasury of picture books perfect for little girls. It contains five stories from the "Picture Books" series: "The Nutcracker", "On the Farm", "Alice in Wonderland", "The Snow Queen" and "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse". Each story is beautifully illustrated and perfect for either reading aloud or for more confident readers to tackle alone.
This book is part of a book series called Usborne Anthologies And Treasuries .
There are 136 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2007 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .
This book contains the following story:
The Nutcracker
It is Christmas Eve and the mysterious Dr. Drosselmeyer has arrived at Clara and Fritz's house with a special gift for Clara - a wooden nutcracker doll. The doll brings magic for when the clock strikes midnight Clara awakes to see a battle between giant mice and life-size toy soldiers, led by her valiant Nutcracker. After winning the battle, the Nutcracker is transformed into a handsome prince who takes Clara on a journey to the Land of Snow and then to the Kingdom of Sweets.
