The pressure to prepare and do well in this test is echoed by host LeVar Burton’s daughter Michaela as she practices for an audition, and by the young members of the NYC children’s theater group TADA! as they pour their hearts and souls into preparing for a performance.

Review books

Feature Book:

The Biggest Test In the Universe

The Biggest Test in the Universe is a story of a boy dreading the “big test” which has become his elementary school’s right-of-passage.

Author: Penda Diakité
Illustrator: Baba Wagué Diakité
Publisher: Scholastic

Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow

When she auditions for the school musical, Beverly is too frightened to make a sound, but she ends up being very important to the class’s performance.

Author: Alexander Stadler
Publisher: Harcourt

Wemberly Worried

A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school.

Author: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow/HarperCollins

Angelina On Stage

When Cousin Henry gets all the attention in the grown-up musical in which they have roles, Angelina becomes jealous, but she demonstrates her fondness for him when a crisis occurs on opening night.

Author: Katharine Holabird
Publisher: Viking/Peguin