title: A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas
author:  Ralph Covert 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 4This spin-off on the classic story is based on a musical play that is being staged in Chicago during the 2009 holiday season. The focus here is on Fritz, who accidentally releases the evil Mouse King from the video game where he had been trapped. With the help of the Nutcracker, a girl named Marie, he travels to Christmas Wood, a magical place where toys are readied for Christmas giving, and sends the Mouse King back to the video game where he belongs. An accompanying CD includes a track of the author reading the story to a musical background and five songs from the musical. Busy, heavily stylized acrylic, oil, and colored-pencil cartoons are appropriate to the text. This nutty tale may be delightful on stage, but it falls flat as a picture book.<i>Virginia Walter, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, CA</i> END
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  The Nutcracker Reimagined
  
  A Collection of Christmas Tales
  
  Claire Delacroix, Kathryn Le Veque, Barbara Devlin, Suzan Tisdale, Eliza
  Knight, Hildie McQueen, Tina DeSalvo, Laura Landon, Emma Prince, Layna
  Pimentel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events,
  and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously.
  
  The Mercenary’s Bride Copyright © 2017 Deborah A. Cooke
  
  Realm of Angels Copyright © 2017 Kathryn Le Veque
  
  Once Upon a Christmas Knight Copyright © 2017 Barbara Devlin
  
  Rodrick the Bold Copyright © 2017 Suzan Tisdale
  
  Prelude to The Highlander’s Gift Copyright © 2017 Eliza Knight
  
  Brash: Frederick Copyright © 2017 Hildie McQueen
  
  Christmas at the Inn on Cloud Hill Copyright © 2017 Tina DeSalvo
  
  One Mystical Moment Copyright © 2017 Laura Landon
  
  To Kiss a Governess Copyright © 2017 Emma Prince
  
  All She Wanted for Christmas Copyright © 2017 Layna Pimentel
  
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