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Starring Prima!: The Mouse of the Ballet Jolie |  | Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Publisher: HarperChildrensAudio
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 3736551
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0060597631
EAN: 9780060597634
ASIN: 0060597631
Publication Date: May 1, 2004
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From the day she was born in the piano backstage at the Ballet Jolie, it was obvious that Prima was destined for greatness. Her family fully expected her to become the lead dancer with the American Ballet Rodente. Such an honor should be enough for any mouselet, but Prima had even bigger plans. She wouldn't be satisfied until she could share her talent with all creatures -- even humans. But as any mouse with half a brain knows, the last thing you want to do around a human is draw attention to yourself. Did that stop Prima? Not on your tutu!
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 GOTTA' DANCE! October 12, 2004
Gail Cooke (TX, USA)
Jacquelyn Mitchard (The Deep End of the Ocean, The Most Wanted) joins the roster of bestselling authors who have turned their golden pens to children's literature. Ms. Mitchard also reads her first venture into young readers books with charm and wit.
Prima, we learn with her first words is destined for greatness. "I as born to dance," she exults. Now, there aren't too many four legged ballerinas around, but that doesn't daunt this wee mouse. She's bent on becoming the lead dancer with the American Ballet Rodente.
While Prima envisions applause, tutus, and accomplished glissades, Meowsky, an alert kitten, envisions Prima as prime rib. Will this little ball of fur thwart Prima's ambitions? Listen and see.
"Starring Prima!" will be a sure hit with all elementary age girls who share the little mouse's desire to dance.
- Gail Cooke
Charming, But NOT E.B. White August 16, 2004
librarylady61 (Northern Virginia, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While this has none of the depth of Charlotte's Web or Stuart Little,this is fun. Cutesy at times, but fun. Balletomanes will particularly enjoy this story.
Readers who enjoy this tale should discover the "Miss Bianca" stories of Marjorie Sharp--they were dumbed down by Disney, but the real "Rescuers" is a delight, and I'm sure Miss Bianca would have had season tickets for the Ballet Rodente!
 A ballet of friendship and love June 8, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jacquelyn Mitchard's wit and wordsmith shine through in this charming young adult novel about a precocious mouse named Prima who lives with her extended mouse family in the Ballet Jolie in New York City. She is the granddaughter of a world renown ballerina and yearns to perform on the stage herself. But she also is a rascal and imp and accomplishes the forbidden: she befriends a human, a young girl named Kristen. Mouse and girl share adventures filled with friendship and love, as well as that mixture of joy and sorrow known to all humans and to mice. Starring Prima is a delightful tale that will leave you applauding and just possibly dabbing the corner of your eyes.
A truly magical world June 8, 2004
John Shore (San Diego)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mitchard nails it here: this is a fun, funny, magical trip into a special little world that all of us, way back in the recesses of our imaginations, feel really DOES exist. One sparkling peek into the little world-within-a-world behind the scenes and scenery of a ballet company, and you'll never doubt again. What you knew as a kid (and what your kid knows yet) is true: Mice do talk, and love, and care. And oh, how they dance. Share this delightful, thoughtful book with your kids--and thus allow them to share a bit of their world with you, too. In the exchange, you'll win.
Great childrens book! May 21, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great way to teach children the meaning of friendship, love for the differences in people, cultures and to always believe in your dream. Mitchard spins her word magic again and now for the children. It is a must buy for the prima's in your life.
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