by Cari Best,
illustrated by Giselle Potter (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Violet is so shy that she never makes waves in the swimming pool or swallowing sounds at snack time. She shrinks whenever anyone watches her. So what will Violet do when her teacher, Mrs. Maxwell, gives her a big part in the school play?

Narrated with wit and humor by Calista Flockhart, with music by Ernest V. Troost.