Product Description

Angelina Mouseling is very excited by the arrival of her new baby sister, Polly, but she soon begins to feel left out and wishes Polly would disappear! When her family discovers how lonely and left out she feels, they all help her to see how much fun being a big sister can be. Soon Angelina realizes that little sisters aren't so bad and can be fun after all!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95639 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Review
'Angelina has simply charmed her way into becoming a modern children's classic ...' Publishers Weekly 'Angelina is a magical character who fulfils every little girl's dreams' Darcey Bussell, OBE

About the Author
Katharine Holabird grew up in Chicago, USA, where she remembers dancing around the house with her three sisters, just like Angelina. She went to Bennington College in Vermont and then spent three years as a journalist in Italy, before moving to England. She wrote her first Angelina book, Angelina Ballerina, in 1982. Katharine has three grown-up children and lives in London with her husband. Helen Craig was born in London, but grew up in the country. She became an apprentice photographer aged sixteen and went on to set up her own studio, as well as working as a freelance potter and sculptor. Helen has illustrated over sixty children's books and her magical illustrations for the Angelina Ballerina series are famous around the world. Helen has a grown-up son, and lives in Cambridge.

Customer Reviews

Very cute!
In this next book in the Angelina Ballerina series, Angelina can hardly await the arrival of her mom's new baby. However, when the baby arrives, she finds that the baby is now the center of everyone's attention. Wracked with jealousy, Angelina has a lesson to learn...

This is a very cute book. I like the lesson that it taught, and my daughter and I both loved the story and the wonderful illustrations. This is a good book, one that we highly recommend to you.

One of my daughter's favourites!
A lovely book and one of my daughter's bedtime favourites. I bought this book for my daughter knowing that she has little sister on the way. She particularly enjoys books of her favourite TV characters and has recently started ballet classes. Highly recommend.

An example of poor parenting? But good for discussing feelings
We bought this for our daughter who is expecting a baby sister this summer. The premise of the book is that Angelina is, temporarily, not the 'star of the show' and it talks about how she finds it difficult to cope with the sudden lack of attention! Now, you may well as I did be a bit suprised at the lack of sensitivity and parenting skills displayed by Angelina's parents and grandparents when the new baby arrives, but she who casts the first stone etc etc....

Anyhow, what we liked best about this book, apart from the excellent illustration, was that the message is it's OK to feel a bit left out and maybe even a bit angry when a new baby arrives, but that it will pass and a time will come when you will even be friends with your baby sister (or brother, but this is an all round 'girly' book). I think it's normal for kids to kick off a bit when a sibling arrives, but so often this aspect is totally missed out of baby brother/ sister books!