Angelina's Big City Ballet

Katharine Holabird

Penguin, 2014 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages

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

Bibliographic information

• Title: Angelina's Big City Ballet; Angelina Ballerina, Katharine Holabird
• Author: Katharine Holabird
• Illustrated by: Helen Craig
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Penguin, 2014
• ISBN: 0670015601, 9780670015603
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc; Juvenile Fiction / Family / General; Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Dance; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship