Angelina, Ballerina - Katharine Holabird

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are expecting baby No.2 due in October, so in anticipation of assuming full bedtime duties for our pre-school daughter once the new arrival comes home, I have been taking a more active role in her bedtime routine. Once the jimjams are on, the teeth brushed, and the tinkle tonkle done, its time to choose the bedtime book. In the past few weeks I have slowly become more and more familiar with the sizeable library of children's books at my daughter's disposal - some new and some tatty - and learning her pet names for her well thumbed favourites. Amongst these are two books featuring an ...  Read the complete review

If you know any litle girls who love dancing and anything pink, then you really must introduce them to the world of Angelina Ballerina. Angelina is a character created by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig and has become quite a phenomenom in her own right! There are dolls, magazines, DVDs, a stage show and even her own web site - and this is the book that started it all..... In this story we meet a pretty little mouse called Angelina. Angelina loves to dance - in facts she loves dancing so much that she ends up getting into lots of trouble because she is dancing when she is meant to be doing other things like tidying her bedroom or getting reday for school! ...  Read the complete review