Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

AD960L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The nutcracker

Oclc number

181910111

Responsibility statement

retold by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by Peter Malone

resource.studyProgramName

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

primaryjuvenile

Classification

Contributor

Creator