Michelle Cartlidge is an English writer and illustrator. She has written and illustrated over 50 children's books since leaving the Royal College of Art. She has won the Mother Goose Award.
A ballet class of mice perform "Swan Lake." As with any ballet recital, if you're kid isn't on stage, who cares?
The book attempts to hold children's attention by having lots of a few life-the-flaps, one very unimpressive pop-up, and many little pockets and envelopes with little paper props and letters inside. That none of the stuff is torn or missing shows how little my daughter came back to this book when she was young. She found it meh too.
I adored this book as a child and purchased it as an adult to cherish. There is something wonderful about turning a page and having envelopes to open or mini books to read. It's really a lovely little book.