Best friends Ballet Cat and Sparkle Pony are trying to find something to play together. But all Ballet Cat wants to do is dance, and her enthusiasm is a force Sparkle Pony can’t overcome. Sparkle Pony finally gives in, but his disappointment is obvious. Finally, he confesses the truth: He doesn’t love to dance, at least not all the time. The realistic self-centeredness of Ballet Cat and the growing anxiety of Sparkle Pony are things children will be able to recognize and relate to. Both are conveyed entertainingly through speech bubble text and blithe line-drawn images in a book that concludes with another confession: Ballet Cat likes Sparkle Pony even more than dancing. (Ages 3–7)

Ballet Cat and Sparkles the Pony are trying to decide what to play today. Nothing that Sparkles suggests--making crafts, playing checkers, and selling lemonade--goes well with the leaping, spinning, and twirling that Ballet Cat likes to do. When Sparkles's leaps, spins, and twirls seem halfhearted, Ballet Cat asks him what's wrong. Sparkles doesn't want to say. He has a secret that Ballet Cat won't want to hear. What Sparkles doesn't know is that Ballet Cat has a secret of her own, a totally secret secret. Once their secrets are shared, will their friendship end, or be stronger than ever?