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Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep-Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role than hers.

"The big recital is just around the corner, and all of the students in Miss Bird's dance class are busy getting ready. The stage is designed, the costumes are picked, and the dancers must practice, practice, practice! But when Mia decides to practice on her way home from class, she falls and hurts her paw. Oh, no! Can Mia still be part of the big day? Miss Bird might have the perfect part for Mia after all."--Dust jacket.

When the new student in Katy Duck's ballet class makes a tapping sound, the music stops and everyone looks at her feet.

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

When Angelina Ballerina is recruited to help with the anniversary celebration of the the king and queen of Mouseland, she finds herself in charge of preparing the three young princesses for their performance.

Kepley, a young ballerina, gets to play a flower doll in a professional production of "The Nutcracker."

Second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean beg for ballet lessons, then, when they are cast as squids in their first recital, scheme to find a way out of what seems to be boring, hard, and potentially embarrassing.

Lily loves to dance, but after she hurts her leg in an accident, she wonders if she will be able to dance again--until she finds encouragement in a gift from her grandmother.

Angelina is too sick to dance well during the tryouts for the lead in the "Princess of Mouseland" ballet, but when the leading ballerina sprains her foot, Angelina is ready to prove she is still the best dancer of all.

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.