**Thank you to NetGalley, author Rihannon Wallace and illustrator Risa Hugo, and Orca Book Publishers for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.** 

This story was...not what I was expecting. 

Honestly, going into this, I was expecting the story to be about a boy who loves to dance, struggles with stage fright and the discomfort of his leotard (like the description says), but finds a solution to create a costume that makes him comfortable and successfully does the dance, which...I guess in a sense he does. 

I WAS NOT EXPECTING HIM TO STRIP DOWN, NAKED, AND FINISH THE DANCE?! It did make me giggle, however unexpected it was.

All laughing aside, I do wish that the author would have taken the opportunity to talk about how male dancers do wear leotards and that is OKAY. This, I believe, would send a better message instead of Leopold feeling like he needed to strip off his costume in order to perform the dance.

There was decent representation of race throughout the story and the illustrations were unique. I like the sketched out effect they have with the light colors. 

This was a cute, silly book that would be fun to read with children at home, but I am not sure it would be totally appropriate for storytime at a school or public library.