One very special Christmas Eve, Clara receives the gift of a magical wooden nutcracker from her godfather, Uncle Drosselmeyer. Little does she know, a wicked spell has trapped a handsome prince inside! Clara must bravely battle the Mouse King' s army to break the spell and help the prince reclaim his Kingdom of Sweets. Young readers will delight in this enchanting retelling based on Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky' s classic ballet and E.T.A. Hoffman' s short story " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King."
