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Available
Local notes
E Hol
Collection
Genres
Publication
Viking Books for Young Readers (2008), Edition: Anv Rep, 32 pages
Description
Angelina loves to dance and wants to become a ballerina more than anything else in the world.
Subjects
Awards
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-3 — 1985)
Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (Nominee — 1986)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1983
Physical description
32 p.; 10.3 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member KatherineLo
Angelina would love to be a ballerina more than anything in the world. She practices dancing all over and always get in trouble for it. Her parents then decide to enroll her in ballet class. She stops dancing all over the place, she only dances at classes now. She works hard and becomes a
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professional ballerina. In the classroom: introducing the topic of what you want to be when you grow up, storytelling Show Less
LibraryThing member lleighton05
Critique:
Genre: This story contains a mouse who wants to be a ballerina. It could never occur in real life because the mice dress, talk, dance, and act like real humans. However, the author uses the mice to express feelings and problems that real humans (children) may have so that they can relate
Character: The character of Angelina is developed through her conversations with her parents, and through her actions. She is a round character because the reader is able to get inside her head and understand what she is thinking and feeling. She helps the plot because she is the main character and is someone children can relate to.
Media: watercolo
Genre: This story contains a mouse who wants to be a ballerina. It could never occur in real life because the mice dress, talk, dance, and act like real humans. However, the author uses the mice to express feelings and problems that real humans (children) may have so that they can relate
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to the mice.Character: The character of Angelina is developed through her conversations with her parents, and through her actions. She is a round character because the reader is able to get inside her head and understand what she is thinking and feeling. She helps the plot because she is the main character and is someone children can relate to.
Media: watercolo
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LibraryThing member awidmer06
Genre: Fantasy
Age Appropriateness: Primary
Review: This book is a good example of fantasy because the story is believable but is not one that would happen in reality, since the characters are personified mice. Angelina is a pretty little mouse who has a dream to become a famous ballerina. Instead of
Media: This book is a good example of pencil media because the artwork and pictures are outlined and filled in with various types and color pencils. This allows for more variety in shades, blending, textures, and dimensions. The pencils enhance the picture and brings more life to the text.
Characterization: Angelina is a round character because she is a pretty little mouse who wants to become a ballerina more than anything else. She dances all the time and forgets to finish her chores. Soon, she changes in a positive way as she begins ballet lessons. Readers are able to relate to Angelina and watch her character develop throughout the story.
Age Appropriateness: Primary
Review: This book is a good example of fantasy because the story is believable but is not one that would happen in reality, since the characters are personified mice. Angelina is a pretty little mouse who has a dream to become a famous ballerina. Instead of
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dancing all over the house, her father puts her in ballet lessons and she ends up becoming a world famous ballerina. Media: This book is a good example of pencil media because the artwork and pictures are outlined and filled in with various types and color pencils. This allows for more variety in shades, blending, textures, and dimensions. The pencils enhance the picture and brings more life to the text.
Characterization: Angelina is a round character because she is a pretty little mouse who wants to become a ballerina more than anything else. She dances all the time and forgets to finish her chores. Soon, she changes in a positive way as she begins ballet lessons. Readers are able to relate to Angelina and watch her character develop throughout the story.
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LibraryThing member SaraLukaszewicz
This is the story of Angelina who loves to dance more than anything. She'd rather dance than clean her room or do homework. Her parents finally decide to enroll Angelina in dance school and she gets to dance until her hearts content.
LibraryThing member RebeccaStevens
This children's book is an introduction to Angelina, a little mouseling that loves to dance. She is constantly dancing, even when she should be cleaning her room, helping her mother, or studying in school. Her mother and father surprise her by signing her up for ballet lessons. The book tells how
The story is charming for young children, reinforcing the message that they can grow up to be what they dream if they work hard at it. The pictures are lovely ink and watercolor with rich details of the quaint home and village that Angelina lives in. Elementary school children, especially girls, will enjoy this book.
This book is the first of a large series with the same characters. It is a good mid-beginner book or a good read-aloud book. A teacher could use this book to introduce the series and then encourage interested students to read the rest of the series by themselves. Since each book in the series is stand-alone, it does not matter in which order they are presented after this first book is read.
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she practices and finally achieves her dream to be a prima ballerina.The story is charming for young children, reinforcing the message that they can grow up to be what they dream if they work hard at it. The pictures are lovely ink and watercolor with rich details of the quaint home and village that Angelina lives in. Elementary school children, especially girls, will enjoy this book.
This book is the first of a large series with the same characters. It is a good mid-beginner book or a good read-aloud book. A teacher could use this book to introduce the series and then encourage interested students to read the rest of the series by themselves. Since each book in the series is stand-alone, it does not matter in which order they are presented after this first book is read.
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LibraryThing member smetchie
The illustrations are lovely and extremely detailed. Every time I look at the picture of Angelina dancing around her kitchen I see something new. scrub brushes under the sink. herbs drying in the window. oven mitts above the stove.
LibraryThing member pussreboots
I first heard of Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird through the animated series. We were in Bend, Oregon on a trip. Harriet was getting over a stomach bug and I was coming down with one. We were holed up in our hotel room eating take out and watching kids television. Harriet was just learning
Fast forward two and a half years to Harriet being in preschool. She started taking a dance class that teaches both tap and ballet. She loves her dancing class and even participated in the recital. She'll be doing that again this year.
Around the same time we started getting Netflix through our Wii. There were the Angelina Ballerina episodes. Harriet started watching them and fell completely in love with them, both the older traditionally animated ones as well as the weirder CGI version.
So with Harriet so passionate about her dancing and interested in the Angelina Ballerina episodes I decided to check out the book that inspired the series. Despite her love of the series, we read the book only once. I guess once was enough.
In this first book, Angelina is just a young mouse but she's passionate about dancing. She desperately wants to take dance lessons but her parents think it's just a passing phase. Of course it isn't and eventually the parents give in, allowing her to take lessons with Miss Lily.
The ending of the book explains why it is that Angelina is so often the lead in the school performances. She does grow up to be a star ballerina.
Although it's a simple story, it was nice to see where everything began.
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to walk at the time. I don't know if her first exposure to Angelina Ballerina made any lasting impression or not.Fast forward two and a half years to Harriet being in preschool. She started taking a dance class that teaches both tap and ballet. She loves her dancing class and even participated in the recital. She'll be doing that again this year.
Around the same time we started getting Netflix through our Wii. There were the Angelina Ballerina episodes. Harriet started watching them and fell completely in love with them, both the older traditionally animated ones as well as the weirder CGI version.
So with Harriet so passionate about her dancing and interested in the Angelina Ballerina episodes I decided to check out the book that inspired the series. Despite her love of the series, we read the book only once. I guess once was enough.
In this first book, Angelina is just a young mouse but she's passionate about dancing. She desperately wants to take dance lessons but her parents think it's just a passing phase. Of course it isn't and eventually the parents give in, allowing her to take lessons with Miss Lily.
The ending of the book explains why it is that Angelina is so often the lead in the school performances. She does grow up to be a star ballerina.
Although it's a simple story, it was nice to see where everything began.
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LibraryThing member sbasler
I love this story, particularly because it shows that hard work pays off. I also enjoyed the detail in the illustrations. The illustrator put a lot of thought into the background.
LibraryThing member danielleshorr
Grade: k-2
Modern fantasy
Angelina Ballerina is one of my favorite childhood stories. It is about a young mouse who has a big passion for dancing. She is constantly dancing all the time because it is what makes her happy. Eventually since her constant dancing is a nuisance to everyone, her parents
Modern fantasy
Angelina Ballerina is one of my favorite childhood stories. It is about a young mouse who has a big passion for dancing. She is constantly dancing all the time because it is what makes her happy. Eventually since her constant dancing is a nuisance to everyone, her parents
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decide to sign her up for dance lessons. Like many people when the finally find their passion and are able to pursue it. My favorite part of the story is when she has a dream of becoming a ballerina, "One night Angelina even danced in her dreams, and when she woke up in the morning, she knew that she was going to be a real ballerina some day." This book also has beautifully drawn illustrations on every page. Show Less
LibraryThing member Kelsey_Barrell
Angelina Ballerina was one of my favorite books growing up because I related to it a lot. Angelina wanted nothing more to dance and that's how I felt when I was younger. I love the book because I related to it but I also loved it for many other reasons. First, the illustrator of this book did a
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really nice job creating a visual picture that went along with the text. For example, Angelina dreams about becoming a real ballerina some day and the illustrator drew her dreaming with a bubble of Angelina dancing over her. It really made the text clear and I saw how she was dreaming about becoming a ballerina. Second, I love the message the book offers. I think the book's main message is to never stop following your dreams. I think this because the author writes about how Angelina never gave up on dancing. For example, the author writes about how Angelina went to her lessons everyday and worked hard for many years. At the end of the book, Angelina becomes a real ballerina. This book shows that hard work pays off and I think that is a fantastic message! Show Less
LibraryThing member lriver5
Beautifully illustrated with vivid pictures to help highlight the dreams! Lovely book about a little mouse that wanted to be a ballerina. She was so preoccupied with the thought that all other things in her life from chores to school suffered because all she wanted to do was dance. Through the
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encouragement of her family Angelina entered a ballerina class and suddenly she had a place to perform as a ballerina and learned to focus on school and chores as well as dancing. She believed in her dreams and became a famous ballerina. Show Less
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Originally published in 1983, and then presented in this 25th Anniversary Edition in 2008, this first story about that dancing mouse, Angelina Ballerina, is immensely charming. Always dancing, always moving, Angelina is the despair of her mother, as she causes destruction wherever she goes with her
I've been aware of Angelina Ballerina and its many sequels for quite some times now, but am only just now getting around to picking it up. How glad I am that I have, as I found Katharine Holabird's story sweet, and Helen Craig's artwork adorable. I particularly loved all the little details in the scenes depicting the Mouselings' home, and was reminded a bit of Jill Barklem's work, in the Brambly Hedge books. Young ballet enthusiasts will take this one to heart, but so will children who enjoy stories about mice and other little animals.
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arabesques, and is always running late because she is imagining her life as a ballerina. Then Mrs. Mousling speaks to Mr. Mouseling, and they cook up a plan: they will give Angelina a beautiful ballet dress and shoes, and send her to classes. This has positive results, and not just in the short term...I've been aware of Angelina Ballerina and its many sequels for quite some times now, but am only just now getting around to picking it up. How glad I am that I have, as I found Katharine Holabird's story sweet, and Helen Craig's artwork adorable. I particularly loved all the little details in the scenes depicting the Mouselings' home, and was reminded a bit of Jill Barklem's work, in the Brambly Hedge books. Young ballet enthusiasts will take this one to heart, but so will children who enjoy stories about mice and other little animals.
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LibraryThing member Daumari
Funnily enough, I'm docking a star for the reason another reviewer hates the newer editions: gendered roles talking about getting chased by little boys versus other mice (are we starting the "they like you if they're mean" this early?) Mrs. Mouseling is doing most of the housework while Mr. smokes
But the main theme is: enroll your kids in activities so they don't bounce off the walls to and from school and with hard work, will be big in their fields, I guess?
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his pipe, I guess? But the main theme is: enroll your kids in activities so they don't bounce off the walls to and from school and with hard work, will be big in their fields, I guess?
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