The Nutcracker

by Lisbeth Zwerger, E.T.A. Hoffmann

After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and watches him change into a handsome prince.

Genres: Christmas, Picture Books

25 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1991

About the author

Lisbeth Zwerger is an Austrian illustrator of children's books. For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.

Born in Vienna in 1954, she studied at the local Applied Arts Academy from 1971 to 1974. Since the publication of her first illustrated book in 1977, she has worked as a freelance picture book illustrator specializing in fairy tales.

Reviews

[Amara]

Eh, the pictures aren't magical and the sentence structure is odd for a children's book. There are much better versions of The Nutcracker for kids.