NUTCRACKER, THE - Usborne Young Reading 1 w/Audio CD

Clara's adventure begins on Christmas Eve with an amazing present- a magic doll. Soon Clara is in a flying sleigh on her way to the mouth- watering Land of Sweets, where she finds an incredible castle and the dazzling Sugarplum Fairy.Series One titles are for children who have just started reading on their own, and are 48 pages (1000-1500 words) in lenght. They use fairy short, simple sentence and everyday vocabularyTypically. Series One books contain several short stories or one longer story devided into chapters.Subjects include classic fables and fairytales, original contemporary fiction and quirky histories.Young Reading CD audio packs make the story come alive. Each CD contains two readings: first, a dramatic listen-along version, complete with specially composed music, sound effects and superbly characterised readings: then a more measured, read-along version-without sound effects but with a page-turn indicator-designed to be played as a child follows the story in the accompanying book.