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Children's Fiction Words

Cozy Classics: The Nutcracker

by (author) Jack Wang & Holman Wang

Publisher
Chronicle Books
Initial publish date
Sep 2016
Category
Words, Classics, Adaptations
  • Board book

    ISBN
    9781452152486
    Publish Date
    Sep 2016
    List Price
    $14.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 0 to 2
  • Grade: p

Description

Cuddle up with a classic! In twelve needle-felted scenes and twelve child-friendly words, each book in this ingenious series captures the essence of a literary masterpiece. Simple words, sturdy pages, and a beloved story make these books the perfect vehicle for early learning with an erudite twist. Budding bookworms will delight in this clever retelling of the classics made just for them!

In E. T. A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker, marvel at Maria's favorite gift, cheer as she defeats the Mouse King, and journey to the magical Land of Sweets. It's a festive first words primer for your literary little one!

The Cozy Classics series is the brainchild of two brothers, both dads, who were thinking of ways to teach words to their very young children. They hit upon the classics as the basis for their infant primers, and the rest, as they say, is history. From Moby Dick to Pride and Prejudice, here are The Great Books of Western Literature for toddlers and their parents in board book form—a little bit serious, a little bit ironic, entirely funny and clever, and always a welcome gift.

About the authors

JACK WANG received a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, an M.F.A. from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Florida State University. In 2014–15, he held the David T. K. Wong Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. Stories in his debut collection, We Two Alone, have been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Journey Prize, and have appeared in PRISM International, the Malahat Review, the New Quarterly, the Humber Literary Review, and Joyland. Originally from Vancouver, Jack Wang is an associate professor in the Department of Writing at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, where he lives with his wife, novelist Angelina Mirabella, and their two daughters.

 

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Editorial Reviews

"Sumptuously detailed and carefully composed scenes."-Publishers Weekly

"A sweet stocking stuffer."-Kirkus Reviews

"A sweet stocking stuffer."-Kirkus Reviews

"Sumptuously detailed and carefully composed scenes."-Publishers Weekly

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