The Nutcracker Story Book Set Advent Calendar Calendar – Advent Calendar, 1 August 2011

Very good. Must have if you want want to get into the Christmas Spirit.

My kid loves it and looks forward to reading every day.

Books were too small

Enchanting. This is quite a young child's ballet calendar but its so pretty and colourful I know I shall have mine on display regardless. Each window holds a book which tells part of the story of the Nutcracker which is the most beautiful Christmas ballet ever and for me, seeing that ballet is part of my Christmas and usually the start of it. Because it is for children (and I would say 10 and under) it tells the story very simply so for children who don't know the story and never saw the ballet this would be a good starting point. Nevertheless I remain a convert and I shan't see childhood again. Enchanting is a very apt description for all aspects of it. Most unusual and there is NO CHOCOLATE whatsoever in this product.

My 5 year old loves this! She can read some of the little books herself. She goes for this calendar first thing in the morning (we don't do chocolate ones but she has not asked for a chocolate calendar instead of this one!) You just have to be a bit careful lifting the books out as the cardboard tabs holding them in are a little flimsy.

a lovely alternative to chocolate advent calenders - my 8 year old daughter felt inspired to start reading in English (we're a bilingual family Swiss/English living in Switzerland) and now wants to read all of of her English story books that I have been reading herself! We also both enjoyed how the whole Nutcracker fits cleverly on the few pages of the tiny booklets.

BOught this for my 4 y o GodDaughter and she absolutely loved it. It's really well put together. We honestly thought it would be a bit old for her, or not 'fun' enough compared to all her other toys, but she's ended up going to this advent calendar first before her chocolate one every morning. She even took it to show and tell! Really fantastic gift.

Forget the usual chocolate advent calender, these books are very clever with a story to tell each day from an individual book just right for the little ones fingers. We have them in our School and the children just love them.