When Tilly wants to wear her tutu all the time and rips it on the playground, Mama suprises her with the best place to wear it--dancing class.

Follows the ballerinas from Miss Lina's school as they begin their day with ballet class and then dance their way to school and back home again.

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.