A wonderful Christmas story featuring everyone's favourite ballerina, Angelina! It's Christmas in Chipping Cheddar and Angelina and her friends are working hard to get ready for the Christmas Show. On her way home Angelina sees lonely Mr Bell, the retired village postman, sitting at home alone. Angelina decides to bring some Christmas cheer to old Mr Bell - so she makes some biscuits and mince pies and even takes him a Christmas tree to decorate his house. Mr Bell is delighted with the gifts and in return makes an appearance at Angelina's Christmas Show dressed as Father Christmas! Katharine Holabird grew up in Chicago, USA. She wrote the first Angelina Ballerina book, Angelina Ballerina, in 1982. Katherine has three grown-up children and lives in London with her husband. Helen Craig was born in London. She became an apprentice photographer aged sixteen and went on to set up her own studio. Helen has illustrated over sixty children's books. She has a grown-up son, several grandchildren and lives in Cambridge. Look out for these other Angelina stories: Angelina Ballerina; Angelina and the Princess; Angelina's Halloween; Angelina's Christmas; Angelina's Birthday; Angelina, Star of the Show; Angelina at the Palace; Angelina's Cinderella; Angelina's and the New Baby; Angelina's Christmas; Angelina's Best Days Out; Angelina's Showtime Collection

 

This book is part of a book series called Angelina Ballerina .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Katharine Holabird is a freelance writer who first worked as a journalist and has been writing children's books since 1982. She was born in the USA but has lived in London for many years. Helen Craig has illustrated more than sixty books for children, including the Angelina Ballerina books. She lives in England.