The Nutcracker Comes to America: How Three Ballet-Loving Brothers Created a Holiday Tradition
Author: Barton, Chris
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1277
Points per Word
0.000392
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Series
Millbrook Picture Books
Description
Ever wonder how a 19th-century Russian ballet became a 21st-century holiday tradition in America? Follow the story of the three ballet-loving Christensen brothers, who staged America's first full-length production of THE NUTCRACKER in the 1940s.