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The Nutcracker

Name: The Nutcracker
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781801048491
Price: 36.0 NZD
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By Patricia Hegarty

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An enchanting Christmas classic packed full of pop-up magic. It's Christmas Eve and a party's in full swing, when two children are gifted a magical thing: The wooden toy soldier is met with delight, but soon it becomes the cause of a fight... The classic tale... Read More

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An enchanting Christmas classic packed full of pop-up magic.

It's Christmas Eve and a party's in full swing, when two children are gifted a magical thing: The wooden toy soldier is met with delight, but soon it becomes the cause of a fight...

The classic tale of The Nutcracker is retold in this stunning, layered pop-up book. The story takes us on an adventure as the nutcracker toy comes to life and takes Clara on a journey through pine forests, beautiful gardens and a Kingdom of Sweets. Children will love spotting all the characters from King Rat to the Sugar Plum Fairy.

An enchanting Christmas classic packed full of pop-up magic.

Also available... Santa's Journey

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801048491

Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

Format: Board book

Date Published: 01 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Little Tiger

Contributors:

Illustrated by Imogen Joy

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 256.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 10

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Patricia Hegarty is currently the Editorial Director of Caterpillar Books and has written about all kinds of things from trees and bees to ABCs (and she loves to rhyme).

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