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Pinky wants to try out for the school play. Rex, on the other hand, is terrified of appearing on stage. But when Pinky talks Rex into going with him to the auditions, guess who ends up getting the lead part that Pinky wanted for himself? Rex is so good, the teacher changes the name of the play so that she can play the lead role. And Pinky has been cast as one of the monkeys! It's no wonder that Pinky is sad and angry.

There’s a For Sale sign in front of Mrs. Morgan’s house, and Pinky and Rex don’t know what to do. After they found out Mrs. Morgan was nice, Pinky and Rex became her special young friends. And now it looks like Olly—Pinky and Rex call him Obnoxious Olly—and his family will be moving in. What’s worse is Pinky and Rex will have to play with him whether they want to or not! Will Olly turn out to be nicer than he seems, or will there be a moving day surprise that makes everyone happy?

When Rex’s parents tell her they are adopting a new baby, Rex is afraid she will turn into the Invisible Girl in her own house. Determined to be a good big sister, Rex starts spending all her time with the baby. Now Pinky is afraid that he has lost her friendship. Can Pinky and Rex’s friendship survive a cute, warm, and cuddly new baby? Or will Pinky become the Invisible Friend, and have to find someone else to play with?

A trip to the museum with Pinky’s dad and his sister, Amanda, puts Pinky and Rex’s friendship to the test. Will their friendship survive when both youngsters set their sights on the same stuffed animal at the museum gift shop?

At a young age, Yo-Yo Ma discovered a remarkable gift for the cello, playing Bach from memory by age four. His technique was far beyond his years, but even as he grew and became a world-class musician—studying at Juilliard, performing at Carnegie Hall at a young age, even playing on television before the president of the United States—he wanted to use his gift for something deeper, something bigger. As he asked question after question, trying to understand his place in the world, he discovered something that every culture has in common: music.