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Advice for young vampires who aspire to become ballet dancers.

Alexandrea is forced to leave her friends in Apple Creek when her mother insists on enrolling her at Harlem's Nutcracker School of Ballet, and while Al is already aware that she lacks dance skills, things get worse when she is chosen to be the Sugar Plum fairy in the school recital.

"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...

Collects three stories starring three friends, each of whom struggles to conquer an obstacle in order to attend ballet class and become a professional ballerina.

Mia the kitten is so excited about her first day of ballet class that she accidentally brings her big sister's tutu instead of her own.

When a young girl starts dance class with another girl who has the same name, she is upset that the other girl copies everything she does.

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

Two little girls attend ballet class and eat strawberry ice cream afterwards.

Rosie volunteers to provide the prince and the props for her ballet class production of "Sleeping Beauty."