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George goes to the ballet but his curiosity interferes with the performance.

Poulette the dancing hen falls into the clutches of a hungry fox, who exploits her desire to become a great ballerina.

A baseball-loving girl worries that the ballet class her mother forces her to take will ruin her reputation with the other members of her baseball team.

A young girl puts on costumes of different colors and imagines herself dancing on stage.

Lili dreams of becoming a ballerina and goes to her ballet lesson four times a week.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate boys who dance, from their very first day of stretching at the barre while dreaming of the exciting roles they might one day play.

Angelina Ballerina learns lessons about friendship, family, and fairness as she dances her way through six stories: "Angelina and the butterfly," "The costume ball," "Two mice in a boat," "Angelina and the rag doll," "Angelina in the wings," and "A day at the fair."

At Christmas time a beautiful ballerina doll who longs to dance is discovered in a toy store and coveted by two little girls: Ilyana, who wants to love her, and Mary Jane, who doesn't want Ilyana to get her.

"It's John's big day at school today--a performance for Sharing Gifts time. His bag is carefully packed and prepared, his classmates are ready, and the curtain is waiting to open. John is nervous, looking out at all the other children staring back at him. But he takes a big breath and begins. Mac Barnett's compassionate text and Kate Berube's understated and expressive art tell the story of a kid who finds the courage to show others his talent for...

"While exploring, Lola the cat comes across a stage with a ballet performance about to begin. Lola puts on a costume and joins right in, dancing beautiful pirouettes, arabesques, and pas de chats (the step of the cat). When she accidentally stumbles and trips, however, it is up to Lola to save the show"--