Donutrina in The Nutcracker Sweet
$22.10
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
22 September 2026
Summary
A mouse with her heart set on dancing in The Nutcracker finds a joyful way to spin on-stage in this delectable, sugar-sprinkled ode to doing what makes you happiest.
Mouse is sure of one thing: She is destined to dance someday with the Sugar Plum Fairy. But the other animal ballerinas don’t agree. “You’re too small to be a ballerina,” they say. “You’re too tiny to wear a tutu.” But what’s to stop Mouse from becoming … a donut-rina? Head to the nearest bakery and step…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536239676 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536239674 |
| Author: | Helen Yoon |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 226mm x 268mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
A determined mouse breaks the ballerina mold in Yoon’s kinetic alliterative tale… . Pale mixed-media sketches have a light and flowing quality as they spotlight the evident joy brought to an assortment of animals as they stretch and curve their bodies to the beat. Anyone can dance, suggests this encouraging story.
—Publishers Weekly
Young readers may not know the phrase “body positivity,” but they won’t miss this jubilant tale’s underlying anti-sizeist message, not to mention the story’s suggestion that anything can be (wearable) art. Yoon’s flouncy-woozy mixed-media illustrations, which are dusted with confectionery colors, keep the spotlight on the book’s swirling, twirling star, who has the grace of a prima donutrina.
—Kirkus Reviews
Yummy on every level… . Yoon wields a particular angular style in her illustrations that’s so uniquely stylized (yet recognizable) that every time she works on something I cannot help but be drawn to it. Here she does a nice little empowerment tale and fills it to the brim with delicious sweets
—Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production
Helen Yoon
Helen Yoon is a professional illustrator, a freelance concept designer, and a former chemist. She attended ArtCenter College of Design and the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of many super funny books for children, including Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?, I’m a Unicorn, Off-Limits, and Sheepish (Wolf Under Cover) as well as Is This … Easter? and Is This … Winter? Helen Yoon lives in the Los Angeles area.
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