Too many sweets may stop Angelina from performing the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and she learns that the best way to have sweets is to share.

Bea and her toddler ballet class perform "The Nutcracker."

Four years after the death of her mother, seven-year-old Allie goes with her grandfather to a performance of "The Nutcracker" on Christmas Eve, hears about the special day he had with her mother going to her first "Nutcracker," and shares his loving memory of her.

Mia's ballet teacher, Miss Bird, asks Mia to help out in the little dancers' class.

This "is Robb's excavation of her adolescent years as a dancer, and an exploration of how those days informed her life for years to come. As she grapples with the pressure she faced as a student at the storied School of American Ballet, she explores the fates of her former classmates as well. ... Along the way, Robb weaves in the myths of famous ballerinas past and present, from the groundbreaking Misty Copeland, to the controversial George Balanchine....

"In this tribute to the grace and power of dance ... photographs and a ... poem put readers center stage with young ballerinas from the Dance Theatre of Harlem"--Dustflap.

It is a cold and rainy evening when Gran gives her granddaughter something special: tickets to the ballet. Her granddaughter is reluctant to go. The weather is terrible and they have to wear fancy, uncomfortable clothes. But as the curtains rise on The Nutcracker, the girl's eyes light up as she's introduced to the magic of the theater. The bright costumes, the intricate dances, the magical music, and a new friend all combine to captivate the girl...

Ballet instructor Miss Lina has a solution when her eight students, who always dance in pairs, are distraught when a ninth girl joins the class.

"Dotty the dachshund dreams of being a ballet dancer. Commanded to sit or stay, Dotty shows off her plǐ and assembľ instead. After a squirrel in the park helps Dotty discover how she can learn discipline her own way, she finally has the chance to perform on stage"--

A hen-ballerina aspires to stardom and foils a fox-agent.