Frank Carlson Library

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 is a pretty little mouse who wants nothing more than to be a ballerina. She dances all the time—at home, at school, even in her dreams! In fact, she’s so busy dancing that she forgets all about the other things she’s supposed to do, like cleaning her room and joining her family for breakfast! Her parents don’t know what to do—especially after her arabesques in the kitchen knock over the milk! Then one day they come up with an idea...

When Miss Lilly asks Angelina the mouse to be a helper in the beginner ballet class, Angelina feels very grown-up and decides to give up her babyish rag doll, with unexpected results.

Angelina longs to play the part of the Rose Fairy Princess in the new ballet - until she learns that the princess flies above the stage on a single wire! Can Angelina overcome her fear?

Angelina is devastated when, after practicing very hard for her role as head flower princess in the big recital, she develops hiccups on the night of the performance.

"Angelina and Alice love doing gymnastics together. But when Angelina can't do a handstand, all the older children laugh--and Alice giggles too. Can Angelina and Alice still stay best friends?" -- Page [4] of cover.

Angelina feels excluded when her best friend Alice and Princess Sophie become dance partners in an upcoming recital, but she soon discovers that having two best friends is better than having just one.

At a talent show at the Camembert Academy, Angelina is determined to win the big price, the Shining Star Trophy. But she spends time helping her friends with their routines and doesn't have time to work on her own.

"Angelina is excited to get a library card from the Chipping Cheddar Library. There are so many books she wants to read. Then she finds out she can only check out five books at a time! What will Angelina do? She will find a way...and learn all kinds of things from the books she reads!"--

Trapped in a castle tower on the morning of Princess Eliza's marriage, bridesmaids Angelina and Princess Sophie hope they will be rescued in time for the wedding processional.