Helen Craig

Angelina and her friends in ballet class nominate Miss Lilly for the Teacher of the Year award, but when she wins there are unexpected consequences.

After a mysterious stranger offers to help Till find his dog, they embark on a magical quest, interviewing various witnesses including a heron, a mole, a riddling cat, and Miss Mousey, whose sketch of a peaceful riverbank offers a vital clue.

When her first sleepover falls the night before an important dance audition, Angelina confides in her diary that staying up late and eating junk food may not be the best activities for aspiring ballerinas.

"Angelina and the silver locket": Angelina borrows her mother's precious silver locket without permission and is devastated when she loses it. "Show and tell": Angelina takes her baby sister, Polly, to 'Show and Tell Day' at school. "The proposal": Angelina doesn't believe Mr. Operatski is a worthy suitor for Miss Lilly and sets out to prove it. "Heads and tails": The new statue of Queen Seraphina is missing its head. Will Angelina and her friends...

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"Angelina Ballerina is starting at a new school in a brand-new town, and she is afraid she won't dance as well as her classmates, especially since she has no room to practice in her new house."--P. [4] of cover.

"Angelina Ballerina loves playing dress-up almost as much as she loves ballet, so her grandparents help her make a dress-up box of her own!" -- Back cover.

Angelina's Christmas wish is to play the part of Cinderella Mouse in the holiday ballet.

"Angelina is determined to prove she's as good a dancer as all the older ballerinas. But learning to dance en pointe-in toe shoes-isn't so easy for this mouseling. Will Angelina learn the hard way not to grow up too fast?"--Amazon.com.

Angelina is eager to have her friend Anya Moussorsky from Dacovia stay with her for the summer and attend ballet classes, but she lets jealousy get the best of her when it seems Anya is getting too much attention.