Daniel and the Nutcracker

by Angela C. Santomero (Creator), Jason Fruchter (Illustrator), Alexandra Cassel (Contributor)

The show must go on as Daniel Tiger and his friends dance the Nutcracker in this deluxe storybook with a padded cover, soft flocking, and glossy pages!

Daniel Tiger can’t wait to see his friends Katerina Kittycat and Prince Wednesday perform together in the Nutcracker Ballet! But when he arrives at the Enchanted Garden, Daniel learns that Prince Wednesday is sick and can’t dance! Can Daniel step in and save the show?

© 2015 The Fred Rogers Company

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Christmas

20 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 25, 2015

About the author

Angela Santomero is television producer and creator of such children's shows as Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Wishenpoof, Super Why!, and Blue's Clues. She is a graduate of Columbia University.

Reviews

[Kri O'Kellas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daniel Tiger meets O the Owl at the entrance of the Enchanted Gardens and together they walk inside, one step at a time because O is scared. Then, Daniel finds out that Prince Wednesday is sick, so he quickly decides to be the Nutcracker and quickly learns the dance. I like this story, but the abrupt choice and suddenly learning the dance without any faults just robbed the story of more chances to stumble and fail and try, try, try again and learn more important life skills.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple synopsis of the story as told through Mr. Rogers characters.

[Rebecca Manery · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this for my young nephew as a Christmas present. It teaches moral lessons about helping friends and trying your best, even when you're afraid, but has very little to do with the Nutcracker.

[Lucca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how a familiar face, Daniel Tiger, introduces us to The Nutcracker.

[Robin Raines-Bond · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute brightly illustrated Daniel Tiger story. Daniel shows that you can do hard things if you do it a little bit at a time.