 | Title: Bijou, Bonbon & Beau : the kittens who danced for Degas Author: Joan Sweeney Summary: Three little kittens create a sensation when they join dancers onstage of a Parisian theater known for its ballet and for the artist who paints there. |
 | Title: Mimi's tutu Author: Tynia Thomassie Summary: Little Mimi enjoys going to African dance class with her mother, but she longs for a tutu for herself. |
 | Title: Barbie.com. : ballet buddies Author: Barbara Richards Summary: When Amy hurts her ankle, her best friend Michelle has to step in as lead in their dance school ballet, but Michelle needs help from Barbie to believe in herself. |
 | Title: Best friends wear pink tutus Author: Sheri Brownrigg Summary: When two friends vie for the part of Clara in The Nutcracker, who will get the part? |
 | Title: Ballerina girl Author: Kirsten Hall Summary: A little girl puts on different costumes and pretends she's a ballerina performing for an audience. |
| Title: The magic nutcracker Author: Margaret Hillert Summary: When a young girl rescues her nutcracker from an attack by mice, the nutcracker becomes a prince and takes her to see the Snow King and Queen, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and waltzing flowers. |
 | Title: Nina, Nina and the copycat ballerina Author: Jane O'Connor Summary: 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. |
| Title: Nina, Nina ballerina Author: Jane O'Connor Summary: An accident becomes an opportunity for Nina to stand out in a group of dancing butterflies at the dance show. |
| Title: Nina, Nina, star ballerina Author: Jane O'Connor Summary: Nina creates a problem for herself when she tells her friends that she will be a star in the upcoming ballet performance and they misunderstand her. |
 | Title: Dancing in the wings Author: Debbie Allen Summary: Sassy tries out for a summer dance festival in Washington, D.C., despite the other girls' taunts that she is much too tall. |
| Title: Peeping Beauty Author: Mary Jane Auch Summary: Poulette the dancing hen falls into the clutches of a hungry fox, who exploits her desire to become a great ballerina. |
| Title: Hen lake Author: Mary Jane Auch Summary: Tired of the bragging of Percival the peacock, Poulette convinces the other hens in the barnyard that they can outperform the boastful bird in a ballet she creates. |
 | Title: The day before Christmas Author: Eve Bunting Summary: 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. |
 | Title: Harriet's recital Author: Nancy Carlson Summary: Harriet overcomes her stage fright and dances successfully and proudly at her ballet recital. |
 | Title: Ballerina bear Author: Shana Corey Summary: Two bears with very different talents perform together at the ballet school recital. |
 | Title: Dancing class Author: H.M. Ehrlich Summary: For Ava and the other animal dancers, ballet class is an exciting experience. |
 | Title: The dance Author: Richard Paul Evans Summary: A father watches his daughter dance through various stages of her life. |
 | Title: Presenting Tanya, the Ugly Duckling Author: Patricia Lee Gauch Summary: When she has troubling mastering her dance steps in the part of the Ugly Duckling for the spring ballet recital, Tanya is discouraged and fears that she has much in common with the character. |
 | Title: Time for ballet Author: Adele Geras Summary: Tilly, who loves ballet, plays the part of a cat in her class's dance recital |
 | Title: My mama had a dancing heart Author: Libba Moore Gray Summary: A ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother would welcome each season with a dance outdoors. |
| Title: The nutcracker Author: Michael Hague Summary: In this adaptation of the original 1816 German story, with elements from the ballet, Godfather Drosselmeier gives young Marie a nutcracker for Christmas, and she finds herself in a magical realm where she saves a boy from an evil curse. |
 | Title: Jocelyn and the ballerina Author: Nancy Hartry Summary: Jocelyn loves her ballerina outfit so much she never takes it off. But now she has to wear a scratchy new dress to Aunt Judy's wedding! Her determination is sure to make readers laugh Cf. Our choice, 2001. |
 | Title: The nutcracker Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann Summary: After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and changes him into a handsome prince. |
 | Title: Angelina ballerina Author: Katharine Holabird Summary: Angelina loves to dance and wants to become a ballerina more than anything else in the world. |
 | Title: Lili at ballet Author: Rachel Isadora Summary: Lili dreams of becoming a ballerina and goes to her ballet lessons four afternoons a week. |
 | Title: Starring Lucille Author: Kathryn Lasky Summary: Lucille's brother and sister try to upstage her during her ballet performance on her fourth birthday, but they do not succeed. |
 | Title: Marie in fourth position Author: Amy Littlesugar Summary: After she models for the artist and sculptor Edgar Degas, Marie feels transformed into a butterfly and becomes known all over the world as The Little Dancer. |
 | Title: Swine lake Author: James Marshall Summary: A hungry wolf attends a performance of Swine Lake, performed by the Boarshoi Ballet, intending to eat the performers, but he is so entranced by the story unfolding on the stage that he forgets about his meal. |
 | Title: Noel the first Author: Kate McMullan Summary: In this sequel to Nutcracker Noel, Noel figures out that being first isn't everything. |
| Title: Alicia's tutu Author: Robin Pulver Summary: Alicia is convinced that a tutu will make her a better dancer, but her mother says she doesn't need one. |
 | Title: The Little Ballerina Author: Katharine Ross Summary: The Little Ballerina practices hard with the others in her class and experiences the thrill of a big dance recital. |
 | Title: Dolores on her toes Author: Barbara Samuels Summary: When her cat disappears just before Tutu Day, Dolores, with the help of her sister, realizes that Duncan does not want to be a ballerina. |
 | Title: Ballerina! Author: Peter Sis Summary: A young girl puts on costumes of different colors and imagines herself dancing on stage. |
 | Title: Lila Bloom Author: Alexander Stadler Summary: Angry after a difficult day, Lila decides to quit ballet class but reconsiders after she realizes that dancing makes her feel much better. |