A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas - Softcover

Covert, Ralph; Mills, G Riley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573699097 ISBN 13: 9780573699092

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

Characters: 5 male, 6 female plus chorus

A rockin' holiday treat from Ralph Covert of "Ralph's World" and Jeff Award winning playwright G. Riley Mills. A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas is a fun, fresh holiday spectacular for the entire family. Boasting holiday hits like "Welcome to Christmas Wood," "The Wind-Up Toy Ballet," and crowd favorite "Let's Ruin Christmas," this rockin' contemporary adaptation follows Fritz and the Nutcracker through Christmas Wood. When trouble arises with the dastardly Mouse King, Fritz and Nutcracker must save the day.

"Top 10 Holiday Show Pick!" -Chicago Tribune

About this title

About the Author:

Ralph Covert is a singer and songwriter who also writes plays, musicals, and books. His first children's album, Ralph's World (2001), was called "the best children's album of this or any year" by Billboard. He lives in Chicago.

G. Riley Mills is an award-winning playwright. He lives in Chicago.

Wilson Swain is the illustrator of The Castaway Pirates. He lives in Glendale, California.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 4–This spin-off on the classic story is based on a musical play that is being staged in Chicago during the 2009 holiday season. The focus here is on Fritz, who accidentally releases the evil Mouse King from the video game where he had been trapped. With the help of the Nutcracker, a girl named Marie, he travels to Christmas Wood, a magical place where toys are readied for Christmas giving, and sends the Mouse King back to the video game where he belongs. An accompanying CD includes a track of the author reading the story to a musical background and five songs from the musical. Busy, heavily stylized acrylic, oil, and colored-pencil cartoons are appropriate to the text. This nutty tale may be delightful on stage, but it falls flat as a picture book.–Virginia Walter, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, CA END

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0573699097
• ISBN 13: 9780573699092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48