Name: The Toymaker's Apprentice
ISBN: 9780399252952

Sherri L. Smith

Journeyman toymaker Stefan Drosselmeyer is recruited by his mysterious cousin, Christian, to find a mythical nut that will save Boldavia's princess and his own kidnapped father from a fanatical Mouse Queen and her seven-headed Mouse Prince, who have sworn to destroy the Drosselmeyer family.

The Toymaker's Apprentice

Emily Perkovich

My kids loved this book. They did seem confused more often than they typically do when I read to them, which is why I only gave it four stars. If they had been reading it on their own there were several parts that might have just been lost to them.