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ANGELINA'S BALLET BAG is a delightfully interactive board book. Angelina is getting ready for her role as the lead in the ballet Mouserella. She makes sure to pack her bag before heading to the performance. As they go through the rehearsal and on to the show, Angelina picks out the special things from her bag that she packed. The book includes flaps to lift, a foil mirror page, and a pop-up for an interactive reading experience.

What I loved: This is a simple and sweet story about Angelina getting ready for her exciting ballet performance with a story centered around her ballet bag. The interactive flaps, foiled pages, and pop-up add some extra fun for young readers. The artwork is lovely, showing Angelina, her classmates, teacher, and family at the end.

What left me wanting more: The flaps and pop-up are a bit delicate and would be easy for rough children to tear, as the flaps are pasted onto the page and the pop-up is cardstock thickness. The text on each page spread is relatively lengthy, which would make this work better for older toddlers and preschoolers, as they can sit with each page for longer. As a small thing, though it speaks to her packing her bag at the beginning, the things she pulls out of it later were not among them.

Final verdict: ANGELINA'S BALLET BAG is a sweet and interactive board book about the things Angelina puts into her bag. This will be a fun new read for fans of Angelina, particularly older toddlers and preschoolers.