Angelina Ballerina at Ballet School

Product Description

Angelina twirls her way back to ballet school and learns to overcome her stumbles in this 8×8 storybook featuring foil on the cover!

Angelina can’t wait to go to Miss Lilly’s Ballet School again after summer break. But then Angelina accidentally embarrasses herself in front of the whole class, and suddenly, she isn’t so enthusiastic about returning to ballet school anymore. With the encouragement of her family and friends, Angelina learns that everyone makes mistakes, but that shouldn’t stop her from doing what she loves most: dancing!

© 2021 Helen Craig Ltd and Katharine Holabird. The Angelina Ballerina name and character and the dancing Angelina logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited, Katharine Holabird, and Helen Craig.

From School Library Journal

PreS-K—Angelina Ballerina is looking forward to sharing her new dance move, the Magical Fairy Twirl, on the first day of the school year at Miss Lilly’s Ballet School. However, Angelina’s display doesn’t go as planned, and what was supposed to be “the best day ever” turns into “an absolute disaster.” Angelina trudges home, where her father provides a listening ear and advice. She returns to the second day of ballet school ready to make amends and try again. McPhillips’s illustrations closely follow the style of Craig’s originals; bright beams of sunlight filter down through large windows, and the reflections in the dance school mirrors add visual interest. All of the characters are mice with gray, white, or brown fur. Angelina’s dance classmates are mostly other girls in pastel leotards with matching tutus and pointe shoes; two boys in the class wear shirts and shorts. VERDICT Children will relate to Angelina’s experience of excitement, disappointment, and recovery, but there’s nothing groundbreaking here; purchase where “Angelina Ballerina” books are popular.—Jenny Arch, Lilly Lib., Florence, MA

About the Author

Katharine Holabird grew up in a family of architects and artists in Chicago. As a child, she lived in an imaginary world of fairy tales, princesses, and ballerinas, and loved to perform and dance with her sisters. She wrote the first Angelina Ballerina
 at the kitchen table with her daughters twirling around her. Katharine has three grown children and three grandchildren, and now lives in New York City with her husband.

Helen Craig has illustrated more than sixty books for children, including the Angelina Ballerina books. She lives in England.