Jan Brett's The Nutcracker Classics_Gift_Guide The wretched and landless poor

The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today's hillbillies

and disconnected from our truest selves

A funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms

But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling

Jan Brett's The Nutcracker Classics_Gift_Guide The wretched and landless poorJan Brett's striking illustrations and the Christmas classic The Nutcracker are a match made in picture book heaven. When Marie and her brother Fritz receive a special Christmas nutcracker from their uncle, Marie immediately feels something magical. "He looks like a real boy," she mused. "A real boy with a secret, who came from far away." This feeling is only the beginning of the epic adventure she goes on with the Nutcrackerinto the cabinet, through