The Nutcracker Ballet In simple, clear language, children can now follow the story of the best-loved Christmas ballet themselves. A Step 2 Book--Grades 1-3. Full-color illustrations.
This book is part of a book series called Step Into Reading-Step 3 Books .
This book has been graded for interest at 6 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1992 by Perfection Learning .
Deborah Hautzig was born and brought up in New York City. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote journals, stories and poetry from a very young age. Her first novel, Hey Dollface, was written when she was twenty-one. Second Star to the Right was first published in 1981 and continues to be an important book today.
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.
