Product Description
- Exclusive Nutcracker Storybook!
- Full color illustrations and all the whimsy and magic of The Nutcracker production!
Featuring 50 pages of colorful illustrations, painted exclusively for us by Olga Larionova of St. Petersburg Academy of Art Repin Institute, this book is based on the original story by E.T.A. Hoffman, with elements of the Nutcracker tale (also based on Hoffman's story). The Nutcracker story, follows the young Masha (known traditionally as Clara) as she travels through a wondrous, dream-like Christmas Eve. She is accompanied by her Nutcracker Prince along the journey through the Land of Peace and Harmony, and with Russian folk legends Ded Moroz (Father Christmas) and Snegurochka (Snow Maiden). This is the perfect winter story for readers of any age, children and adults alike!