The Nutcracker Sweet (Angelina Ballerina) - Tapa dura

Angelina and her new friend Marco are performing the ÒDance of the Sugar Plum FairyÓ for the schoolÕs holiday showcase. Readers will love bringing AngelinaÕs dance to life with perf-out paper dolls and the beautiful stage thatÕs illustrated on the inside of the bookÕs case.

Katharine Holabird’s first Angelina Ballerina book was published in 1983. 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 freelance journalist. In 1974, Katharine married and moved with her husband, Michael Haggiag, to London, England where she lives today with her family.