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The Texas Nutcracker Hardcover - 2018
by Dillon, Wade & Jennifer Coleman
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- Hardcover
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Details
- Title The Texas Nutcracker
- Author Dillon, Wade & Jennifer Coleman
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pelican
- Date 2018
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 01GW21-111-248f
- ISBN 9781455623310 / 1455623318
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 10.1 x 0.4 in (20.57 x 25.65 x 1.02 cm)
- Ages 05 to 08 years
- Grade levels K - 3
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
- Holiday: Christmas
- Library of Congress subjects Christmas stories, Christmas
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018000561
- Dewey Decimal Code E
From the jacket flap
On Christmas Eve 1883, family and friends gather at Fort Davis, Texas. Colonel Grierson has brought gifts for the children, especially Centennia. For her he has brought a wooden nutcracker dressed as a Texas cavalry soldier! Her brother is jealous and after a brief tussle, the nutcracker is broken. In this Texas-themed retelling of the classic Nutcracker story, historical details blend with fiction, and magic warps reality when the clock strikes midnight. At each chime of the clock, the goose-feather tree grows until it overshadows the room, transporting the young girl and the broken nutcracker to an enchanted realm. There the handsome young cavalry soldier battles the Rattlesnake King, and the Bluebonnet Fairy invites Centennia and her companion to a fabulous celebration. Dancing denizens of the Land of the Wildflowers entertain them before the nutcracker soldier tucks her safely under a cozy quilt. An author's note gives a bit of historical context to this charming version of a familiar holiday tale.
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Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2018, Page 0