Barbie in the Nutcracker - Hardcover

Hinkle, Hilary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584853867 ISBN 13: 9781584853862

Publisher: Amer Girl Pub, 2001

Synopsis

Barbie stars in the story of the popular ballet in which a little girl's love for the Nutcracker brings him to life, which will also be airing on Thanksgiving Day as a TV movie.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Let's just say that liberties have been taken with this retelling. Barbie stars as Clara, of course dolled up in pink flounces and lace, and coifed within an inch of her blonde Malibu life. Hoffman's holiday tale is almost unrecognizable, with Clara/Barbie and the Nutcracker setting off on a quest to reverse a shrinking spell cast by the Mouse King. Along the way they meet such creatures as Major Mint, Colonel Candy and Marzipan (a purple horse with Barbie-like tresses). When Clara/Barbie's new friends are kidnapped by the Mouse King, she rescues them in one anticlimactic sentence ("When Clara reached the castle, she sneaked inside and saved her friends"). The chirpy text depends as heavily on exclamation marks to generate excitement as Sauber's overwrought illustrations do on shades of pink and purple. Given the merchandising power behind the star, this saccharine performance may be the only exposure many children will have to a tale whose timeless magic deserves better. Ages 4-up.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Girl Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1584853867
• ISBN 13: 9781584853862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Engelsiepen Linda, Hoffmann E. T. A.
• Illustrator: Sauber Robert