Two friends get ready and then dance with their ballet class at a performance where they are the stars of the show.

"Matt Braddock, the BSC's newest charge, has been Deaf since birth and he uses sign language to speak. Since Jessi is Matt's baby-sitter, she's been using sign language, too. Soon all the kids in Stoneybrook want to learn to sign . . . which keeps the Baby-Sitters Club busy. Jessi's the busiest of all: she's working on a secret just for Matt. Will she be able to keep the secret and pull off her special event?"--back cover.

Bea and her friends have fun attending a toddler ballet class.

Tallulah takes ballet lessons and eagerly awaits her coveted tutu, which, she learns, she must work hard to earn.

"Saturdays make Ada cranky because that's the day of her ballet class, and she hates ballet"--Provided by publisher.

Bear is very glad about going to ballet class today, gets somewhat anxious before the music starts, then joyously begins to dance.

"The geese want to do ballet! But first they will need a lot of gear. They will need Bruce’s help to get it. Do Bruce and the geese have what it takes to get ready for ballet?" --publisher's website.

Ballet Cat and her friend Butter Bear have practiced a dance to perform for an audience, but Butter Bear will need a lot of encouragement to try the super high leaps.

American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.

Tallulah is thrilled to play a mouse in a professional production of The Nutcracker and works very hard to be the most marvelous mouse of all, but opening night brings some surprises.