Angelina's Big City Ballet (Angelina Ballerina) - Hardcover

Holabird, Katharine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670015601 ISBN 13: 9780670015603

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2014

Synopsis

For the first time ever, Angelina is visiting the most famous city in Mouseland: the Big Cheese! She can’t wait to explore the city and perform her fairy ballet. But her cousin Jeanie tells Angelina that tap dancing is much better than ballet. How can the two girls overcome their differences and learn to work together in time for the big show?

About this title

About the Author:

Katharine Holabird’s first Angelina Ballerina book was published in 1983. After graduating from the Francis Parker School in Chicago, Katharine attended Bennington College in Vermont. She received a B.A. in Literature from Bennington in 1969, and then worked as a literary editor at the college for a year. The following year she went to Italy, where she became a freelance journalist. In 1974, Katharine married and moved with her husband, Michael Haggiag, to London, England where she lives today with her family.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 3—When the young mouse visits her Aunt Violet and Cousin Jeanie in the Big Cheese, she listens to her cousin rave about tap dancing and worries that her ballet might not be good enough for The Big Cheese Dance Show, the reason she has come to the city. True to her optimistic style, Angelina is determined to put on a good show. She and Jeanie work together to put on their own mix of tap and ballet and are a hit at the show. The bright pastel watercolors match the exuberant ballerina as she explores the bustling city. Fun details will give kids something new to discover each time they read the story. Another enjoyable adventure in the series.—Laura Stanfield, Campbell County Public Library, Ft. Thomas, KY

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0670015601
• ISBN 13: 9780670015603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Craig Helen