Age: Infant-Preschool
Emotions: Excitement, nervousness, shyness, fear, perseverance
Familiar Experience: Social anxiety, first time at a class
Clothing: leggings, slippers, tutu
LGBTQ: gender norms
Sports: Ballet

No harping, no deep lesson for this young of an age group--just a bear wanting to have fun at his first ballet class but feeling nervous in a new setting (especially when he feels different). A quick story, a myriad of toddler/preschool emotions, and a glad, glad ending offer this story up to a wide audience. Parents who desire to offset society's insistence on gendered norms for pre-k children will appreciate this story for their little ones.