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This tiny dancer has proved to have enormous staying powershe has been a hugely popular character for more than twenty years. 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. Angelina is a pretty little mouse who wants more than anything else to become a ballerina. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
Always dancing, always moving, angelina is the despair of her mother, as she causes destruction wherever she goes with her arabesques. In the early 1980s, my fiveyearold daughter was obsessed with ballet. Theres maisie the mouse in the supercute picture books by lucy cousins. Mickey mouse clubhouse read along story book minnierella.
Angelina ballerina is a childrens book series by author katharine holabird and illustrator helen craig about a fictional mouse full name angelina jeanette mouseling who is training to become a ballerina. If you give a mouse a cookie is a childrens book written by laura numeroff and illustrated by felicia bond, first published in 1985. Inspired by this reallife mouse, kellys first childrens book tells the story of. Mickey mouse clubhouse minnierella is a read along story book, its read to you aloud, kids can read along with the story. See more ideas about childrens books, books and vintage childrens books. Magicblox children s book library read kids books online for free. The first book in the series was published in 1983, and since then there have been over twenty books in the series. From a chapter book about a mouse detective named basil who inspired the disney film to a series about a group of rats who help a family of mice, weve. She dances all the time even when shes supposed to be doing chores or getting ready for school. This is the first book in her new series, with the jellybeans meeting for the first time at dance class and have fun together, despite their differences. If you give a mouse a cookie was a beloved childrens book. An online children s book library, where kids discover and read stories on a computer or tablet for free.
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