Zombelina Dances The Nutcracker
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The charming, dancing zombie brought to life by Caldecott-Honor winning illustrator Molly Idle is back in a Christmas-themed story . . . and this time Zombelina wins the lead in The Nutcracker!
In another rhyming read-aloud tale full of delightful macabre humor Zombelina once again steals the show! This time Zombelina and her friend Lizzie are dancing in The Nutcracker. On the night of the big show, Zombelina is ready, but Grandpa Phantom has other plans for the opera house. Zombelina will need to think fast to save the show, and she'll need Lizzie's help. When best friends work together, the show will go on!
Young dancers and readers will love this family-filled, friendship-inspired picture book that brings Zombelina home for the holidays in another scary-good story!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The undead heroine of Zombelina (2013) returns to dance The Nutcracker, but her ghostly grandfather's tricks threaten to upend the performance, even after Zombelina snags the role of Clara. Zombelina is a wonderful dancer, but it's really Idle who's superbe few others could make running jokes about detached limbs look this graceful. Crow's rhymes offer a similar blend of playfulness and gross-out humor (during the dance performance, a friend steps into Zombelina's shoes and more while the young zombie deals with her grandfather's pranks: " Tuck in your legs, and let mine dance the show/ With Clara's long nightgown, they won't even know!'/ Lizzie looks squeamish, but nods an okay./ I've heard "break a leg," but... never this way.' " It's a satisfyingly creepy alternative to more traditional Nutcracker tales. Ages 4 8.
