Angelina Ballerina, Hardcover/Katharine Holabird

Description In an encore performance, Angelina Ballerina returns in this refreshed picture book from acclaimed author Katharine Holabird and celebrated artist Helen Craig Angelina is a pretty little mouse who wants nothing more than to be a ballerina. She dances all the time--at home, at school, even in her dreams In fact, she's so busy dancing that she forgets all about the other things she's supposed to do, like cleaning her room and joining her family for breakfast Her parents don't know what to do--especially after her arabesques in the kitchen knock over the milk Then one day they come up with an idea that will change Angelina's life forever... With Katharine Holabird's lively writing and Helen Craig's charming illustrations, the original story, now refreshed and re-released, will continue keeping a whole new generation of young ballerinas leaping with delight. About the Author Katharine Holabird grew up in an artistic household 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 spends her time in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York, and in London. Helen Craig has illustrated more than sixty books for children, including the Angelina Ballerina books. She lives in England.