A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids | Hardcover | JUVENILE FICTION/Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent Marie, the Nutcracker Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy will enchant readers in this freshly-imagined holiday classic by the inimitable Mary Engelbreit. The book is now in paper-over-board format for the first time. On the night before Christmas, Marie receives a wooden nutcracker from her beloved uncle. That evening, something magical happens…her toy nutcracker transforms into a handsome prince and whisks Marie off to the fantastical Toyland on a winter adventure she’ll never forget.