clowns

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clowns

The circus surprise

2001
When he gets lost at the circus, Nick is helped by a clown on stilts, who shows him the whole circus and helps him find his parents.

Clowns

1980
Circus clowns wear colorful costumes and makeup and do funny things to make people laugh. Includes activities, quiz, puzzles, and word list.

Oregon's journey

1993
Duke, a circus clown, takes Oregon, a circus bear, back home to Oregon.

Shalimar the Clown

a novel
2005
When Maximilian Ophulus is murdered by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown, authorities uncover a dangerous link between the murderer and the victim's daughter.

The book of clowns

1980
Traces the early development of clowns, gives brief biographies of some of the world's most famous clowns, and concludes by looking at clowning today.

Sad-face clown

Emmett Kelly
2004
Presents a biography of Emmett Kelley, discussing his early life in Kansas, his various jobs, the development of his clown character Weary Willy, and his circus career.

Henrietta Hornbuckle's circus of life

2010
Twelve-year-old Henrietta Hornbuckle and her parents perform as clowns in a tiny, ramshackle traveling circus until a family tragedy jeopardizes Henrietta's whole offbeat world.

Bones and the clown mix-up mystery

2010
Detective Jeffrey Bones helps a clown who performed at his friend's birthday party to find some lost clothing.

The little engine that could helps out

1995
The little blue engine encourages a clown, unable to ride his birthday bike, to keep trying.

Dunk

2002
Chad, hoping to work out his frustrations and his anger by taking a summer job as a dunk tank Bozo on the boardwalk at the New Jersey shore, comes to a better understanding of himself and the uses of humor as he undergoes training in the fine art of insults.

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