Angelina Ballerina™
Angelina Ballerina is a little star with big dreams of becoming a prima ballerina. This feisty little mouse works hard to reach her goal and along the way, always learns from her mistakes. When little girls share in Angelina's experiences, they're inspired to go after their big dreams too. In addition to the critically acclaimed story books created by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig, Angelina Ballerina dances her way into the hearts of young girls weekly on PBS KIDS®.
Angelina's Steps to Success
| 1983 | The first book, Angelina Ballerina™, written by Katharine Holabird and illustrated by Helen Craig is published world wide |
| 1985 | Angelina Ballerina is honored with The Kentucky Bluegrass Award |
| 1987 | Angelina's Christmas is selected as the Child Study Association's Children's Book of the Year |
| 1990 | Angelina's Birthday was awarded a Category Award at The British Book Design and Production Exhibition |
| 1999 | HIT secures worldwide licensing rights to Angelina Ballerina |
| HIT commissions Grand Slamm Children's Films to make an animated television pilot of Angelina Ballerina | |
| 2001 | HIT launches the interactive site: www.angelinaballerina.com |
| 2002 | Angelina Ballerina, the television series, debuts in the U.S. on PBS KIDS® |
| Rose Fairy Princess is honored with a Platinum Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award | |
| 2003 | Angelina forms a partnership with American Ballet Theatre in the U.S. |
| 2004 | Angelina is named official children's spokescharacter of National Dance Week |
| Friends Forever and The Magic Of Dance are honored with Platinum Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Awards | |
| 2005 | Sababa Toys rolls out a unique line of dance-inspired Angelina Ballerina merchandise including plush and figurines |
| Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy in the UK commences, the classes introduce children to the early movements of ballet through Angelina stories | |
| 2006 | Eleven new Angelina Ballerina titles dance onto shelves; More than 5 million copies of Angelina Ballerina's classic children's books have been sold worldwide to-date |
| Children's Apparel Network debuts an all-star line of Angelina Ballerina apparel sets and separates | |
| 2007 | Angelina's Star Performance launches in September with the English
National Ballet. The ballet ran for 13 weeks across 22 venues in the UK |
| 2008 | Subway and HIT pirouette into an international promotion starring Angelina Ballerina. |
| HIT initiates production on all-new-CGI-animated series of Angelina Ballerina, The Next Steps |
