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Angelina Ballerina is a children's book series by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig about a fictional mouse named Angelina Jeanette Mouseling who is training to become a ballerina. History. The first book in the series was published in 1983, and since then, there have been over 20 books in the series.
AUTHORBIO: Katharine Holabird’s first Angelina Ballerina book was published in 1983. She lives in London. Helen Craig has illustrated more than sixty books for children, including the Angelina books.
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“More than anything else in the world, Angelina loved to dance. She danced all the time and she danced everywhere, and often she was so busy dancing that she forgot about the other things she was supposed to be doing.”
―The first line in the book.
All her life, Angelina danced everywhere she went, even on her way to school, and she even danced in her dreams. That made her forget the things she was supposed to be doing, causing her parents, Maurice and Matilda, to have a plan. Angelina was then enrolled in Miss Lilly's ballet school, and when she received her tutu and slippers for the first t...
(All characters listed below make their debuts in this book)
•Angelina Mouseling (debut)
•Mr. Mouseling (debut)
•Mrs. Mouseling (debut)
•Mrs. Hodgepodge (debut, no spoken lines)
•Miss Lilly (debut)
Angelina Ballerina is the first of about 50 books in the series, the immediate sequel being published a year after, called Angelina and the Princess (1984). Some of the most successful of these include: Angelina at the Fair (1985), Angelina on Stage (1986) and Angelina and Alice (1987).
In 1983, Holabird's first children's book, Angelina Ballerina, was published. [2] Her son Adam was her inspiration for the character Henry, and Angelina's character was inspired by her daughters' love for dressing up and dancing. [2] Holabird wrote the first draft of Angelina Ballerina at the kitchen table with her daughters dancing around her ...
Sep 28, 2023 · Three classic Angelina Ballerina hardcover picture books make the perfect introduction to Chipping Cheddar, Miss Lilly’s Ballet School, and Angelina’s world as Angelina embraces her love of dance, navigates feeling jealous of a friend, and learns that no role is too small for a true ballerina in this tu-tu-terrific collection for young readers.
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Helen Craig (born 30 August 1934) [ 1 ] is an English children's book illustrator and writer. She is best known for creating the Angelina Ballerina series of children's books with writer Katharine Holabird.
