circus

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circus

Julius

1987
A gorilla becomes a star attraction at the circus and frightens away his audience.

The flying circus mystery

1985
P.J. and Carlos find a summer job with Bart Mart's flying circus, where they not only learn to fly, but they catch the man who is causing Bart a lot of problems.

Ghost boy

2002
Unhappy in a home seemingly devoid of love, a fourteen-year-old albino boy who thinks of himself as Harold the Ghost runs away to join the circus, where he works with the elephants and searches for a sense of who he is. Includes reading group discussion guide.

American sideshow

an encyclopedia of history's most wondrous and curiously strange performers
2005
Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that profile a range of America's strangest human curiosities, from Tom Thumb and Chang and Eng, to Myrtle Corbin, the four-legged woman, and Prince Randian, the human torso.

Circus

a world history
1976

Maddigan's Fantasia

2007
In a world made uncertain by "the Chaos," two time-traveling boys, fifteen-year-old Timon and eleven-year-old Eden, seek to protect a magic talisman, aided by twelve-year-old Garland, a member of a traveling circus known as Maddigan's Fantasia.

Dad runs away with the circus

2004
A wildly enthusiastic father surprises his family when he runs off to join the circus.

Fly, Dumbo, fly!

2002
Dumbo the circus elephant is unhappy about his large ears, until he discovers that he can use them to fly.

Oliver

2000
Oliver, an elephant with unique charm and talent, becomes a circus star.

Maud in France

1996
A young girl tells what life is like growing up in the circus and training to become a tightrope aerialist. Includes photographs and information about circuses, past and present.

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