Mary Engelbreit's Nutcracker.

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Title:

Mary Engelbreit's Nutcracker.

Alternate title:

Nutcracker

Author:

Engelbreit, Mary, author.

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.

Summary:

In this retelling of the original 1816 German story, a nutcracker under a terrible spell is given to young Marie as a Christmas gift, and when she helps him defeat the Mouse King, breaking the spell, he takes her to visit his kingdom.

Audience:

4.7 Follett Library Resources

K-3 Follett Library Resources

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

[33] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Genre:

Christmas fiction.

Fairy tales.

Picture books.

Author(s):

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.

Publisher:

Harper,

Publication Date:

2011

ISBN:

9780060885793

9780060885809

Publication Information:

New York : Harper, c2011.

Call Number:

P ENGELBR

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002594151	Holiday Picture Books	ENGELBR	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

It is the night before Christmas! When Marie receives a handsome wooden Nutcracker from her dear uncle, she's thrilled. But during the night, something magical happens...and when her toy Nutcracker transforms into a handsome Prince, Marie is whisked off to Toyland on a winter adventure she'll never forget!

The Nutcracker is one of the world's favorite holiday stories. Now for the first time the beloved artist Mary Engelbreit offers her vision of that magical night, creating a picture book filled with joyful movement and rich detail that even the youngest child will enjoy.

Author Notes

Mary Engelbreit had her first success as an illustrator of greeting cards in the late 1970s. She formed her own greeting card company in early 1980s after becoming impatient with the process of working in the greeting card industry as an independent contractor.

Engelbreit's style depicts simple scenes in intricate detail, with amusing quotes to distinguish them. Successful in greeting cards, her business soon expanded to include Engelbreit's popular art on tee shirts, mugs, calendars and gift books, to name a few. Engelbreit has also published many books illustrating crafts such as quilting and decorating. In 1993 she illustrated The Snow Queen by Hans Christen Andersen, fulfilling a lifelong dream of being an illustrator of children's books.

Mary Engelbreit was born in 1952 in St. Louis, where she lives today.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 4-The retelling is faithful to Hoffmann's classic story, and the illustrations are in Engelbreit's familiar colorful, rounded, sentimental style. It is refreshing to see an African-American child cast as one of the dancers who serenades Marie and the prince. However, the romance between the Nutcracker-turned-prince and Marie, who appears to be about five years old, is a real stretch here. This version will appeal more to patrons looking for cute holiday books than to fans of the ballet.-Virginia Walter, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Sweetness abounds in Engelbreit's condensed version of this holiday tale, modeled on E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Featuring candy cane borders and an array of confections, the author's signature vivid, pictures give the story a setting evocative of the 1920s. After the Nutcracker transforms into a prince, he escorts cherubic Marie to his kingdom, Toyland, where "the smell of Christmas and candy floated around them" and dancers "played reed flutes so sweetly, each note seemed to be made of sugar." Engelbreit fans will devour this eagerly. All ages. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.