Angelina Ballerina - The Lucky Penny

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Based on the Angelina books (written by Katharine Holabird with illustrations by Helen Craig), these four episodes tout the power of practice, common sense, an open mind, and perseverance. In "The Lucky Penny," Angelina decides there's no need to practice for an important audition after finding a lucky penny--unfortunately, she loses the penny the night before the big audition. Angelina and Henry get lost looking for Grandpa's lost war medal and fear the attack of a mythical cat in "The Legend of Big Paw," and Angelina learns the folly of prejudging a fellow mouse in "Angelina and Anya." Finally, Alice must overcome her fear of the balance beam to win an important gymnastics competition in "The Gymnastics Championship." Two "Little Stars" segments stress the importance of practice and feature real-life girls and boys studying ballet and folk dancing. (Ages 3 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi

Description

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!

Customer Reviews:

This is great, but I hate Priscilla Pinkpaws!.......2006-11-25

In the Lucky Penny, Priscilla Pinkpaws keeps saying she is the best dancer because Angelina couldn't get her steps right. So Angelina finds a lucky penny and thinks she won't need to practice. but when she loses it, her luck might turn out. In the Legend of Big Paw, Angelina and Henry search for their grandfather's lost medal. In Angelina and Anya, Sammy and the Pinkpaws twins become jealous of the friendship between Angelina and a poor harvest mouse named Anya Moussorsky. So they accuse her of stealing the blackberries in the blackberry patch. So Anya teaches Angelina a wonderful folk dance she does in Dacovia. I love ballet, but folk dancing is wonderful, too. So she and Angelina find Mrs. Pinkpaw's scarf, making the Pinkpaws twins accuse Anya of stealing it. In the Gymnastics Championship, Alice is chosen to compete in the gymnastics competition. But she must overcome her fear of the balance beam if she wants to win. The Pinkpaws twins think Alice is a klutz and think their cosuin Fenella will win. I've never done gymnastics before. My favorite part was when Alice overcame her fear. When Alice won, the Pinkpaws twins and Fenella get very jealous. I thought it was funny when Priscilla said something to Fenella and Penelope in a jealous range: "We were supposed to win that!" But Alice realizes that she will be at the Gymnastics Academy. So Alice surprises Angelina by giving her a cherry she had gotten on her ice cream because she doesn't like them. I really-truly want to do gymanstics and be a gymnast!

tippie toes:-).......2006-04-28

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...

Decent cartoon, no DVD menu.......2005-04-27

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.

The whole family loves Angelina.......2003-07-16

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.

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