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For everyone who loves Tchaikovsky, Ballanchine, music, ballet, or Christmas, this edition of The Nutcracker is sure to enchant readers young and old.

Sometimes you just want to have the original. This is one of the earliest known English translations of E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic children's tale, "Nutcracker and Mouse-King, ' which was penned in German in 1816. While Alexandre Dumas, p re was making this story famous in... Read Full Overview

This elegant hardback edition with gilded page edges presents the beloved Christmas tale of The Nutcracker.

This 1816 story is perhaps best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky's popular ballet, but Hoffmann's holiday legend is where the spell begins. Here is the original tale of seven-year-old Marie and her beloved Nutcracker, beset by a dark mystery that surrounds this story within... Read Full Overview

Bedtime Classics: charmingly illustrated board book editions of perennial favorites, simplified for the youngest readers

E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" interweaves fantasy and reality in a richly imaginative tale that explores the themes of childhood, innocence, and the struggle between good and evil. Written in a captivating narrative style characterized by lush, descriptive... Read Full Overview

Hoffmann's classic Christmas fairy tale, immortalized by Tchaikovsky's ballet, is brought to life by the gorgeous contemporary artwork of Finnish illustrator Sanna Annukka, and is the perfect holiday gift for adults and children alike. The Nutcracker captures, better than any... Read Full Overview

One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions

Originally written in the early twentieth century, the story of a little girl's love for an enchanted nutcracker has delighted generations of readers, while the Tchaikovsky ballet based on the tale has become a holiday tradition. Now young children can enjoy this beloved classic... Read Full Overview

Es Nochebuena en casa de los Stahlbaum y Marie y Fritz esperan ansiosos el regalo de su padrino Drosselmeier, quien todas las Navidades les sorprende con un obsequio hecho por l mismo. Este a o les ha regalado un impresionante castillo, pero los hermanos pierden pronto el inter... Read Full Overview

Sometimes you just want to have the original. This is one of the earliest known English translations of E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic children's tale, "Nutcracker and Mouse-King, ' which was penned in German in 1816. While Alexandre Dumas, p re was making this story famous in... Read Full Overview

Mar a y Federico est n felices de celebrar la Navidad en compa a de sus pap s y su padrino Cristian. Junto al rbol navide o, la peque a encuentra a un extra o hombrecillo: el Cascanueces, quien se convertir en un gran h roe al vencer al rey de los ratones; as se gana el cari... Read Full Overview

The original story by E.T.A. Hoffman that inspired the beloved holiday ballet, illustrated by acclaimed artist Lisbeth Zwerger!

First published in German in 1816, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse-King" is the children's fairy tale by Prussian composer and romantic author E. T. A. Hoffman that inspired Tchaikovsky's famous ballet. Popularized by a French retelling by Alexandre Dumas in 1844 and immortalized... Read Full Overview

A Christmas Eve tradition becomes a saga of epic proportions when young Marie Stahlbaum's beloved Nutcracker defends her against the dreaded Mouse King's army. As Marie recovers after the battle, Godfather Drosselmeier relates Nutcracker's sad tale, and the compassionate girl... Read Full Overview