PROFESSOR BINGO PRESENTS: ANGELINA BALLERINA FOUR BOOK SET GIVEAWAY

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 AN ANGELINA BALLERINA FOUR BOOK SET

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BY KATHARINE HOLABIRD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Katharine Holabird’s first children’s book, Angelina Ballerina, was published in 1983. The famous dancing mouseling will celebrate her 25th anniversary in 2008, and some special events are being planned…

Katharine Holabird grew up in an artistic household in Chicago, the second of four daughters. As a child, she lived in an imaginary world of fairy tales, princesses, and ballerinas, and loved to perform and dance with her sisters.
 
Annual invitations to attend the ballet with her grandmother made a deep impression.
“As a young child I was thrilled by Cinderella, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker," Katharine remembers. Katharine was an avid reader who loved fantasy and tales of heroic animals. "I also loved the secret world of books," says Katharine, "and was delighted to discover I could create characters of my own."

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 free-lance journalist. In 1974, Katharine married and moved with her husband, Michael Haggiag, to London, England. In London, Katharine continued to write and also worked as a nursery school teacher until the birth of her first daughter, Tara, in 1976. Another daughter, Alexandra, was born in 1979, and a son, Adam, was born in 1983.

Katharine was already the mother of young children when she created Angelina Ballerina in 1983. “Tara and Alexandra loved to dress up and dance around the house together, just as I loved dancing with my sisters when we were children. My daughters were passionate about pink tutus and ballet lessons, and I was struck by all the daily drama of their lives, both in and out of ballet class. The courage and determination it takes to be a small performer impressed me, as did all the emotional upheavals that take place behind the scenes. Although he was a boy, my son Adam loved to copy his sisters in a comical way, and was brilliant at play-acting. Adam was the inspiration for Angelina’s adorable little cousin, Henry.”

Katharine wrote the first draft of ‘Angelina Ballerina’ at the kitchen table with her daughters twirling around her. “I thought about all the young children who are thrilled by performing and dancing, just like my daughters, and sat down to write about a small star with enormous dreams. Before long, the impulsive and highly emotional character of Angelina leapt onto the page.”

Along with her passion for the limelight, Angelina's feisty character is familiar to many children, Katharine believes, “Angelina is highly sensitive like many young children. She easily loses her temper and bursts into tears, and then she struggles to get over it and apologize.”

“Nobody is perfect,” Katharine continues, “Children are familiar with Angelina’s outbursts and emotional upheavals because they experience exactly the same feelings themselves. But no matter how hard Angelina may struggle with her conscience, they know she’ll always try to do the right thing in the end.”

ABOUT THE BOOKS:

ANGELINA AND THE RAG DOLL

Angelina decides she’s much too grown-up for the babyish rag doll her grandfather gave her, so she gives it away—and then has second thoughts. In the meantime, Miss Lilly has picked her to help teach the beginners’ ballet class. Here’s a sweet, funny story about the real meaning of growing up, starring everyone’s favorite mouseling.

ANGELINA'S SPECIAL WEEK (WITH POSTER AND STICKERS)

Readers follow Angelina’s busy week in this sweet book. Then they can keep track of their own busy schedules with a pullout days-of-the-week poster and stickers.

ANGELINA'S LUCKY PENNY

Angelina just can’t seem to get her steps right while rehearsing for a big audition. Worst of all, Priscilla Pinkpaws is spot-on—and she won’t stop bragging about it. Angelina’s determined to perfect her moves in time for the audition until she stumbles upon a lucky penny that seems to change her fortunes. Can Angelina rely on luck instead of hard work to land the part? 

ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN (Save until Halloween?)

Trick-or-treat with Angelina Ballerina! For Halloween, Angelina and her friend Alice make glorious firefly costumes—complete with delicate wings and tiaras. Angelina’s little sister, Polly, wants to be a pretty firefly too. But Angelina thinks she’s too little. Polly settles for dressing up as a ghost, and on Halloween night, gives Angelina a surprise scare!

GIVEAWAY

I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW PAPERBACK SET 
THAT INCLUDES ALL 4 BOOKS THAT I AM 
PERSONALLY GIVING AWAY

 

--U.S. AND CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES, PLEASE
--INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS IN COMMENT
--ALL ENTRIES/COMMENTS MUST BE
SEPARATE IN ORDER TO COUNT
AS MORE THAN ONE ENTRY

HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY: COMMENT ON WHICH OF THE FOUR BOOKS ABOVE YOU THINK YOU (OR YOUR LITTLE ONE) WOULD LIKE THE BEST IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE OR EVEN AFTER YOU HAD READ THEM ALL

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND LEAVE A LINK I CAN FOLLOW IN THE ENTRY

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FIND INTERESTING WHEN YOU VISIT AUTHOR KATHARINE HOLABIRD'S WEBSITE HERE

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW MY BLOG AND TELL HOW. IF YOU FOLLOW MORE THAN ONE WAY, YOU MAY COMMENT ON EACH WAY SEPARATELY FOR DIFFERENT ENTRIES.

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, MAY 13

GOOD LUCK!