What could be better than a magic dress shop, where each gorgeous outfit takes you on an adventure through time and imagination . . .?! In this second book in the series, Ava puts on a beautiful twinkling tutu and finds herself magically whisked away to Victorian times – where she has an important part to play in an extravagant ballet show . . . and making a girl’s dreams come true!

Tutu’s Silvery Tub contains some of the author’s earliest memories of growing up in Hawai‘i’s plantation era. It pre-dates the time of the myriad labor saving devices available to the homemaker of today. Tutu’s aluminum washtub served multiple functions in her home. It was a necessary item for doing the daily laundry; gathering fruit, coconuts, and vegetables from the garden; transported the day’s catch home from the sea; and held potting soil for transplanting yard flowers and vegetables. It was also a backyard wading pool; and when empty and upended, served as a Japanese taiko drum. When Tutu passes away, her grandchildren were all in school. He silvery tub was retired to on the bathhouse wall, a fond memory of days when people were inventive and used what was available for life’s daily activities.

Ava puts on a beautiful twinkling tutu and finds herself magically whisked away to Victorian times - where she has an important part to play in an extravagant ballet show - and making a girl's dreams come true.

Thumbi Clement had always worked closely with her father during his lifetime. Allowing her to assume his position after his demise wasnt a difficult decision for the board. Tears flowed from her eyes as she remembered all that had happened. She wondered why Gugus voice made her shiver. She assumed it would be peaceful for a while so they could all enjoy the moment, putting their life of adventure aside. Sighing deeply as she stepped into the elevator, she hoped this wasnt a new job coming. She recognized the itch in her friends voice when trouble is close, but there was only one way to find out, and that was finding Gugu.

Emma and Saffie are going to stay with their grandparents for the summer to learn how to use their superpowers. Grandma has powers too, but Grandpa doesn't, and he definitely doesn't like the gnomes doing the gardening, or the washing-up doing itself - he'd rather play with his model aeroplanes. As the summer passes, the girls are having lots of fun - Emma brings a whole doll's house to life, but all Saffie wants is to cheer up Grandpa - so she decides to throw him the best party ever. What could possibly go wrong?

In this third book in the series, Ava puts on a beautiful trapeze outfit with an amazing butterfly tiara and is transported to a travelling circus. Ava loves the bright lights and the beautiful costumes, but she's worried about a baby elephant that is being trained to perform tricks. Can Ava reunite the baby with its mother before the ringmaster finds out?

For directors, voice and dialect coaches, Alexander teachers, medical specialists, speech pathologists, actors and singers and anyone interested in the performers voice in the theatre, this book provides an overview of basic voice and speech production, the Alexander technique and ways to integrate these principles into the rehearsal process and methods for working most effectively with voice and speech/Alexander coaches.