The Nutcracker (Pixies, #3) (Scholastic Junior Classics) (Little Books)

by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Lisbeth Zwerger (Illustrator)

In this retelling of the original 1816 German story, Godfather Drosselmeier gives young Marie a nutcracker for Christmas, and she finds herself in a magical realm where she saves a boy from an evil curse.

• ISBN10: 0735817332
• ISBN13: 9780735817333
• Publish Date: 1 September 2004 (first published 1 January 1816)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: North-South Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

The illustrations to this new 2019 ETA Hoffman of The Nutcracker are vibrant and modern. Carly Gledhill had created an imaginary world worthy of pouring over intensely. However, the text is just ridiculously dumbed down. Certain classics are too lyrical to destroy the original and I find it very sad and disappointing to be so short and coarse in the verbiage and that destroys this little adorable book for me. I'd read it once, maybe pick it up at the library to borrow, but I wouldn't buy it for our keeper shelf with these words. The littlest of kiddos deserve better and can appreciate more, they do not need the over-simplification that this version portrays.

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