The Best Kids' Books About Stage Fright

Piper loves to sing—until a school solo turns the happy butterflies in her stomach into something much harder to face.

On the way to her first piano recital, Momo slips into a tiny theater where the performers are just as nervous as she is.

A violinist invents increasingly wild ways to escape recital day while the real world keeps moving her closer to the stage.

Lily is good at many things, but reading her own poem into a microphone is not currently one of them.

Camila knows the spelling words; the trouble begins when she has to say them alone in front of an audience.

A shy cat must sing in front of his parents on Parents' Night, despite his fear of being embarrassed.

Being cast as Second Banana feels rotten—until the First Banana freezes and suddenly needs a very good friend.

Little Critter is ready for his school play right up to the moment the curtain opens and the words disappear.

Avery can sing to the stray cat hidden backstage; singing for the school musical is another matter entirely.

Lola Levine is fearless on the soccer field, freezes at her class-play audition, and is handed the silent role of Squirrel #2.

A young prodigy hides from fame, seeking solace and rediscovery in a remote pancake palace.

Nellie worries about almost everything, and the class talent show gives all those worries a microphone.