In this story, again we meet Gabriella, the clever, precocious and funny little girl who continues to be in love with the sounds of tap shoes. This time she uses her wit and determination to overcome the obstacles that she encounters as she tries to find the right floor to tap dance on. With the help of her brother Steven and her Aunt Debra, see how she keeps trying over and over again until her dilemma is solved

Rhythms for Ruby is based on a true story. It is about a little girl (Gabriella) who has had her first tap dance recital and her friend Ruby, who is now in a wheelchair after having just come back to the school classroom after recuperating from being in a terrible car accident and losing her leg. Gabriella's tap dance teacher tells her about the famous, real life, one legged tap dancer Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates and she decides that she wants her friend to have a special leg and be able to tap dance too. The book is for children and this is as graphic as it gets. The blurb on the back of this audio book reads as follows: With prayer, determination and creative thoughtfulness, Gabriella finds a way to help her friend Ruby overcome the obstacles of her disability. Through tap dance and with the help of Mrs. Stevens, Mr. Marsh, and Miss. Karen, her tap dance teacher, Gabriella brings the whole community together with a single-minded goal. %100 of the money from the sale of this book goes to Ruby, a childhood friend of Karen Callaway Williams who lost her leg when she was hit by a car with the intent to raise $100,000 to pay off Ruby's medical bills and acquire a special leg that matches her skin and doesn't hurt.

In this story, Gabriella is a precocious, clever and funny little girl who is intrigued with the sounds of tap shoes. She is determined to duplicate that sound, but is unable to find the right type of metal to place on the bottom of her shoes. With the help of her brother Steven, see how she uses her imagination to produce the sound that she wants to make.