The Nutcracker

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Summary: Ignore the editorial reviews -- They're for different books!
Review: If you look closely at the editorial reviews assembled by Amazon, you'll see that they are actually for other books about the Nutcracker. As best I can tell, the authors and illustrators of these books are named Schulman, Graef, Merentseva, Mennekaev, Freeman, Innocenti, and probably a couple of others I missed!

The book in this listing is actually written by Carin Dewhirst and illustrated by Naomi Howland. It tells the story of the Nutcracker and has a companion CD of the music. It's a fine story, beautifully illustrated.

Amazon, please clean up the mess with the editorial reviews. It's quite confusing and unfair to those who wrote, illustrate, and published this lovely book.