Mary Engelbreit's Nutcracker
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 kingdom.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper,
©2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 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 kingdom. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780062224170 0062224174 9780060885793 0060885793 9780060885809 0060885807 |
| Author Notes: | 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) |
