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The nutcracker, retold by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by Peter Malone

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The nutcracker, retold by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by Peter Malone

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The nutcracker

Responsibility statement

retold by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by Peter Malone

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Accelerated Reader AR, LG, 5.5, 0.5, 126237.

Summary

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 the nutcracker and sees him change into a handsome prince

Table Of Contents

CD: Overture (3:28) -- The Christmas tree (3:53) -- March (2:29) -- Guests arrive (2:30) -- Drosselmeyer's dance (6:49) -- Party ends; magic spell begins (6:54) -- Nutcracker and mouse king battle (3:37) -- Fir tree forest (3:40) -- Waltz of the snow fairies (6:26) -- Land of sweets (3:11) -- Marie and nutcracker arrive (4:38) -- Spanish dance (1:07) -- Arabian dance (3:03) -- Chinese dance, "tea" (0:59) -- Russian candy cane dancers (1:07) -- dance of the flutes, "toy trumpets" (2:07) -- Madame ginger and her children (2:52) -- Waltz of the flowers (6:17) -- Pas de deux (4:18) -- Tarantella (0:38) -- sugar-plum fairy (1:47) -- Coda (1:15) -- Final waltz and apotheosis (4:59)

Target audience

juvenileprimarypreschool

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