Nutcracker Noel

By Kate McMullan

Book Overview

A young girl who has dreamed of dancing in a real ballet learns to be content with the role she is given. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062050397
• ISBN13: 9780062050397
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Michael Di Capua Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

About Attitude: Nutcracker Noel

Snappy dialogue and hilariously realistic body language bring to life a story that clearly illustrates the magic of a carefully crafted perspective. Generously sprinkled with subtle humour (for both adult and child), this is a year round family favourite.

Beautiful imagery and real life scenario

Noel is performing in a ballet - as a tree. Envious of the child who is cast as a doll, she tries to weasel in as one, until shetalks to her ballet mistress. The wise and wisecracking mistress tells her to become a tree - to be happy as she is. Noel is transformed from an unhappy child to one who fulfills her dream of being a ballerina in a beautiful scene. A wonderful book full of imagery and real-life emotions of a child. Not necessarily a Christmas book!

There's a message here for all of us.

My children and I just love this book. The children enjoy it because the story is compelling, the characters are interesting and the illustrations are evocative (although they would probably use different words). I enjoy it because the message is insightful and important for all of us: "If you lean fully into your life, no matter how ordinary it seems at any given moment, you'll find extraordinary beauty."