Angelina and Alice (Angelina Ballerina) - Hardcover

Holabird, Katharine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670061255 ISBN 13: 9780670061259

Publisher: Viking Childrens Books, 2006

Synopsis

Angelina Ballerina loves turning cartwheels, hanging upside down, and even doing somersaults in the air.The only thing she likes better than doing tricks is doing them with her new friend Alice. But Alice can do perfect handstands, and Angelina can't. When Angelina tries and falls down, everyone laughs at her, including Alice. After this, can Angelina and Alice learn to work together and become the best of friends again?

About this title

Review:

Angelina is a magical character who fulfils every little girl's dreams (Darcey Bussell, OBE )

Angelina has simply charmed her way into becoming a modern children's classic . . . (Publishers Weekly )

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.

Helen Craig has illustrated more than sixty books for children, including the Angelina books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670061255
• ISBN 13: 9780670061259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Craig Helen