Jan Brett's the Nutcracker by Jan Brett *Released 11.16.2021

Jan Brett's striking illustrations and the Christmas classic The Nutcracker are a match made in picture book heaven.   When Marie and her brother Fritz receive a special Christmas nutcracker from their uncle, Marie immediately feels something magical. He looks like a real boy, she mused. A real boy with a secret, who came from far away.   This feeling is only the beginning of the epic adventure she goes on with the Nutcracker--into the cabinet, through the battle with the mice, and finally to the magical land of the Sugar Plum Fairy.