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.

"Describes ballet dancing, including history, training, moves, and performance"--Provided by publisher.

Billie has started ballet classes. She wants to be a great dancer, but is she really cut out to be a ballerina?

"Matilda is a bunny who lives with her mom, dad, and many, many siblings. Because she's the middle bunny, she always feels overlooked. Then one day, her mother enrolls Matilda in dance class, and she falls in love with ballet"--

"Mia's big sister teaches her that there is more to being a ballerina than just putting on the right clothes"--Provided by publisher.

Polly Go Lightly practices her ballet positions and dreams of dancing on the big stage.

Because Marie helps her poor parents by modeling for an ill-tempered artist, she becomes a famous ballerina but not in the way she had dreamed.

Josephina, a javelina who dreams of becoming a famous ballerina, heads for California hoping to be discovered, but her cousin Angelina takes her to a talent agent who looks strangely familiar.

Tallulah strives for perfection during ballet class and dreams of dancing a solo in the upcoming recital, but her little brother Beckett, who misbehaves all during class, gets a better role than she does.

Three young but ambitious girls lead a sheltered life with their guardian, in a home with lodgers. They got to ballet school, but financial problems threaten their future.