Dolores on Her Toes

I bought this book for my three and a half year old daughter because it centers around a ballet loving girl (much like herself) and her cat (another great love of hers). The story is about Dolores who loves ballet so much that she tries to include her best friend Duncan the cat in her plans for attending tutu day at ballet school. Of course as anyone who knows anything about cats knows, cats do not like to be dressed up let alone in a ballet tutu. When Duncan decides to hide in order to avoid the dreaded tutu day it is up to Dolores the ballerina/dectective/pet psychotherapist to find him. Using all of her best locating skills she finally uncovers Duncan hiding under her bed just in time to accompany her to tutu day. Much to Duncans relief his attendance is that of a special guest rather than a participant. The underlying theme of this book is that is okay for best friends to not always like the same things. Dolores needed to respect the fact that cats do not like to perform ballet. I highly recommend this book. It is already a favorite in our house.