The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Paperback)

from TheTrueBookAddict

The original story is vastly different from the beloved ballet. I love the ballet. I've seen it many times, but I also really loved this story. I can almost imagine that the recent holiday film, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, had some basis in this original story. I've heard some people were...

from hrose2931

I went to the Nutcracker Ballet every year as a little girl. It was such a tradition I can't remember not going, but at some point I stopped going. I don't remember how old I was, maybe when I stopped believing in Santa? Maybe later. But schools used to go on field trips to see it I remember. It ...

from nbmars

This is not just a hackneyed version of "The Nutcracker" dressed up by the magnificent illustrations of Maurice Sendak. On the contrary, this book (beautifully printed and bound) features the original story written by E.T.A. Hoffmann, later watered down for the famous ballet. While I have always ...

from jenspirko

If you only know the story from the ubiquitous ballet, revisit it via this version. Maurice Sendak's distinctive art lends just the right appealingly surreal tone to ETA Hoffman's fairy tale. Like all good fairy tales, there is a thread of darkness and danger along with bright fantasy, and the sp...

from ElizaJane

Reason for Reading: I have never read this classic Christmas story and thought it would be a wonderful addition to my Christmas reading this year. I am also a huge fan of Maurice Sendak. I have not ever read the Nutcracker before, nor have I ever seen the ballet. I am not a ballet-type person. Ne...