Mr. and Mrs. Mouseling are going to the grown-ups-only costume ball, and Angelina is determined not to miss the fun. So she and Alice find a way to sneak in and fool everyone.
Angelina is an adorable little mouse who wants nothing more in the world than to be a ballerina. She practices ballet all day long, often forgetting the other chores she should be doing. You don't happen to know a little one who is so passionate about something that they would rather forgo chores . . . do you? Although the story is told through a third person narrator, Angelina's childlike excitement and passion is accurately conveyed, "One night Angelina even danced in her dreams, and when she woke up in the morning, she knew that she was going to be a real ballerina some day." The sketched drawings and pastel coloring add an old fashioned and comforting appeal to the pictures. The illustrations are highly detailed, begging for a second look before turning the page.
--Audra