Best Ballerina Friends
By (Author) Katharine Holabird
Illustrated by Helen Craig
Simon & Schuster
Simon Spotlight
1st February 2026
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Dance, ballet
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Stories Inspired by or adapted from other media
Board book
14
Width 178mm, Height 178mm, Spine 1mm
Celebrate friendship with Angelina Ballerina and Alice in this heart-shaped board book with foil on the cover!
Angelina and Alice love to do everything together. They dance at Miss Lillys Ballet School, have fun hosting tea parties, encourage each other, celebrate their talents, and more! Angelina and Alice will be best friends forever!
2025 Helen Craig Ltd. and Katharine Holabird. The Angelina Ballerina name and character and the dancing Angelina logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited, Katharine Holabird, and Helen Craig.
Katharine Holabirdgrew up in a family of architects and artists in Chicago. As a child, she lived in an imaginary world of fairy tales, princesses, and ballerinas, and loved to perform and dance with her sisters. She wrote the firstAngelina Ballerinaat the kitchen table with her daughters twirling around her. Katharine has three grown children and three grandchildren, and now lives in New York City with her husband.
Helen Craighas illustrated more than sixty books for children, including theAngelina Ballerinabooks. She lives in England.