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Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When The Great Zapfino climbs to the top of the circus platform, all eyes are on him, waiting for his incredible leap. But Zapfino is afraid of heights! He can’t take the pressure and flees, boards a plane, and runs away to start a new life. In the city, Zapfino starts work as an elevator operator in a tall building but soon learns you can never really outrun your fears. When disaster strikes, can Zapfino find the strength to be great?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Learning from his dying grandfather that a magical circus at the heart of his favorite bedtime stories is real, young Micah and his friend Jenny embark on a journey to claim a miracle from the circus's wondrous magician, the Lightbender.
4) Pamela Camel
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tired and dejected circus camel finds long-sought-after recognition along a railroad track.
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Secretly preparing to throw her Mom a circus surprise party, Busy Betty enlists the help of her best friend, Mae, but when she realizes her Mom's birthday is next month, she wonders what to do with her circus surprise now.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the animals are left on their own to swim to a nearby island. They soon win over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways. So well do they blend in that when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, the villagers conspire to outsmart the blowhard. Eagle-eyed readers will discover the fate of the circus animals in a rare hidden-pictures spread.
Author
Series
The one and only Ivan volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, wants to perform his high-wire act in the circus.
10) Midnight mystery
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 4
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
195 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Winnie attempts to solve a mystery surrounding a circus horse, she struggles to keep a "normal" family life despite the absence of her mother. .
11) Luna
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 12
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the Netherlands in 1855, May, a member of a circus family who cannot perform because of a twisted foot, bonds with a Friesian horse that she names Luna, and the two perform a heroic act that changes their futures for the better.
14) Dumbo
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1963]
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) illus. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After leaving the jungle for the circus and a life of fame and wealth, a lion who taught himself to be the best shot in the world discovers he's not really a lion anymore, and not really a man, either.
Author
Publisher
A.A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A very active baby ventures from his home to the firehouse, the zoo, the circus, and the beach, eluding his parents, until he finds himself alone and discovers that he misses them.
17) Calling all cars
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text explores the world of cars, including big cars, wide cars, taxis, and circus-clown cars.
Author
Publisher
HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects twelve stories in which Batman and his friends battle such enemies as Bane, The Joker, Professor Pyg, and Harley Quinn.