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A little girl visits her grandmother in New York at Christmastime. When she was younger, the grandmother, called Grand Jeté, was a principal dancer for the New York Ballet. The two practice their ballet technique as they make lunch and prepare to go to the Nutcracker together. The girl gets to meets all her grandmother's friends backstage and enjoys a wonderful performance.
Author Allegra Kent based this story on her own experience of taking her grandchildren to the Nutcracker - Kant was in the original Balanchine production in 1954. I loved Robin Preiss Glasser's illustrations. I felt nostalgic thinking about the times I saw the Nutcracker as a little girl. How fun would it be to watch the ballet with a grandparent who had performed it herself.
Lisa Librarian
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