A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas
This holiday season, purchase "A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas" at the Bookwallah Store. The book was written by our Co-Founder G. Riley Mills in 2009. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Bookwallah.
On the night before Christmas, young Fritz Stahlbaum is in big trouble. He's grounded for breaking his sister's favorite Nutcracker doll. His favorite video game, Mouse Hunter 5000, has been taken away and locked in the toy closet. But not for long in this amusing fantasy that blends old and new traditions. It's based on a children's musical of the same name, which, in turn, was inspired by the ballet. The book comes with a CD of Ralph Covert's dramatic reading and five songs, including the Mouse King's rendition of Let's Ruin Christmas. He doesn't."- U.S.A. Today
G. Riley Mills is the author of two award-winning children's books:Sawdust and Spangles (Harry N. Abrams) and A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas (Chronicle Books) the latter of which was profiled inUSA Today. The stage version of A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas was recently published by Samuel French and will be produced by Universal Orlando at Orlando Repertory Theatre in November 2011. His newest book, The Pin Drop Principle, will be published by Jossey Bass/John Wiley in 2012.
Mills and his frequent collaborator, Grammy-nominated children's musician Ralph Covert, have twice been awarded the Joseph Jefferson Citation for Best New Work. Their acclaimed musical,The Hundred Dresses, enjoyed a successful run in 2009 at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago and was remounted in 2010 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Illinois.
