| Title | : | If You Love a Christmas Tale: The Night Before Christmas and the Nutcracker |
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| ISBN | : | 0764162675 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780764162671 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 24 |
| Publication | : | First published October 1, 2009 |
Artist Susanna Lockheart 's large, beautiful color illustrations celebrate the Christmas season by magically changing in their details each time young readers lift and turn a page. The holiday magic behind each Christmas picture is the result of an inventive paper engineering technique that is part of this unusual book 's construction. These festive "moving " illustrations dramatize and highlight two favorite Christmas tales, "The Nutcracker "and " The Night Before Christmas. "Here is a beautiful book that makes a wonderful holiday gift--a volume that boys and girls will return to and cherish for many Christmases to come.
If You Love a Christmas Tale: The Night Before Christmas and the Nutcracker Reviews
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Includes both 'The Night Before Christmas' and 'The Nutcracker' (abbreviated, obviously) with beautifully illustrated sliding pictures. I'm a sucker for interactive books, so this was a lot of fun to read with my nieces and nephews.
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Wow. This book is lovely. It contains both "The Night Before Christmas" and an abridged version of "The Nutcracker." The sliding panels on some pages are magical.
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Beautifully illustrated book containing the poem, "'Twas the night before Christmas" and the story of the Nutcracker.
