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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the poor animals are left on their own to swim the chilly waters. Staggering onto a nearby island, they soon win over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways. So well do the critters blend in that when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, villagers of all species conspire to outsmart the bloated blowhard.
5) Baby Clown
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Frieda and Boffo Clown have a baby, the entire circus is over the moon. But there is one problem: Baby Clown won't stop crying.
6) Look at me!
Author
Series
Publisher
Sundance/Newbridge
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A boy has fun at the circus looking into mirrors that make him look big, thin, small, fat, and even upside down!
10) Chained
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
To work off a family debt, ten-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Jane the dog doesn't have a unique talent in the circus like the rest of her family, until the ringmaster discovers what is truly special about her"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Farmer books volume 3
Publisher
Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book in which the farmer visits the little clown and the monkey, and meets the rest of the circus family.
Author
Series
Adventure volume 7
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Why did Bill have to bring the babyish Gustavus with them on holiday? Jack knows hell only be trouble... But when Gustavus is kidnapped, along with Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, Jack and Kiki the parrot bravely set out to rescue them, leading them to a faraway land and the discovery of a plot to kill the King!
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Charlie and his family are about to embark on another trip, to another out-of-the-way place off the beaten path. This time they are heading to an island in Croatia -- an incredibly beautiful country that lives in the shadow of war and conflict. Even for a seasoned traveler like Charlie, Croatia is a very different experience: the language is unfamiliar and half the words have no vowels, goats are a traffic-calming device, and red cliffs loom like...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Mattie Marvelwood comes from a family of traveling performers who have a deep secret. The acts they perform are not just acts -- their powers are real. In all their wanderings, the Marvelwoods have never met performers with gifts like theirs -- until they join Master Morogh's Circus of Wonders! But it seems that Master Morogh's true talent is stealing the gifts of others. When he steals Mattie's brother's vanishing ability, the family...
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