Product Details

• Actors: Finty Williams, Jo Wyatt, Keith Wickham, Jonell Elliott, Judi Dench
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lyons / Hit Ent.
• VHS Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008GKDZ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,295 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Based on the enormously popular books by Helen Craig and Katharine Holabird, Angelina Ballerina™ tells the timeless tales of a remarkable little mouse who dreams of becoming a prima ballerina. Headstrong, passionate, and feisty, she is a character children of all ages will relate to. When Angelina finds a lucky penny, she decides she doesn’t need to practice for an important audition. But when she loses the penny, she realizes that practice makes perfect after all. With Angelina’s support, Alice enters a gymnastics championship and learns to persevere as she overcomes her fear of the balance beam. Angelina also lends a helping hand to her new friend, Anya, a harvest mouse who is down on her luck, and to her grandpa as she searches for his lost war medal. It’s a lucky day for everyone in Angelina Ballerina: The Lucky Penny! Approx. Run Time: 55 minutes (full-length feature)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The whole family loves Angelina, July 16, 2003

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angelina Ballerina - The Lucky Penny [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Four stories from the PBS television series. In each tale Angelina faces difficult challenges. The stories are:

The Lucky Penny - Angelina may not get the part she wants until she finds a lucky penny. But can a penny really help or is practice the answer?

The Legend of Big Paw - Angelina, Henry, her father and grandfather go camping and must face the scary tale of a giant cat and a lost war medal.

Angelina and Anya - Angelina learns that is not good to prejudge people.

The Gymnastics Competition - Alice has a chance to be in a major gymnastics competition. But she will have to overcome her fear of the balance beam is she is to have a chance of winning.

Two segments of Little Stars (live footage of children practicing ballet) show the importance of practice.

We love the stories, the music and the voice characterizations. A fun video for young girls, and some boys, with lessons for everyone.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tippie toes:-), April 28, 2006

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angora (long island,ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angelina Ballerina - The Lucky Penny (DVD)

my daughter(2.5 yr old) loves angelina!!! she takes tippie toes baby ballet classes and watches angelina and friends dance in amazement. there are also real little ballerinas in this dvd showing real steps, she likes to try doing the same as she watches.

as a mother i dont really let her watch tv. but one episode at a time and she loves it. i let her watch angelina because the characters,music,setting,stories and evidently the dancing is so good. we also read angelina books...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent cartoon, no DVD menu, April 27, 2005

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CappyG "Check out my wine reviews at Wine.Cap... (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angelina Ballerina - The Lucky Penny (DVD)

My daughter (4) love the Angelina shows. I find her-Angelina-a bit whiney and conniving. They all seem a bit melodramatic, but as I say, mine loves it. The only problem I really have with the DVD is the lack of menu: the disc just starts up with the trailers-including Barney (ugh)-and on to the shows. A small thing but disorienting. Even I can make a DVD with a menu.