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"In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic, Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes...
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"Award-winning author Sally Gardner delivers a whimsical tale about the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker, a mysterious talking tiger, and a challenge as big as the moon. From a magical world of well-dressed animals, talking toads, and bossy princesses comes a timeless story about Mr. Tiger and his troupe of acrobats, and Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker. Together they must figure out how to turn the moon...
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Listening Library
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[2015]
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English
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The show must go on!: Two mice and a crow, who travel with a circus, cleaning up the spilled popcorn after every performance, come to the rescue when a greedy con artist takes over the management of the circus.
The greatest star on Earth: As the performers in Sir Sidney's circus discover that friendship and teamwork are more important than winning a trophy for The Greatest Star on Earth, circus mice Bert and Gert write a book on how to be kind for...
65) Circus fun
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"A boy spends the day at the circus, and sees all the attractions including a parade, the big top tent, clowns and acrobats"--
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Cowgirl Dorothy and her horse, Toto, are taking the Yellow Dust Road on the way to the Great Wiz Kid's Emerald Circus of Oz for auditions, and along the way she meets Tinny, Crow, Leo, and Strega West who are also looking to audition--but in the morning Strega has disappeared, along with Dorothy's lucky silver spurs, and Dorothy must summon her inner courage to perform her best at the audition.
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2020.
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The Greatest Showman meets This Is Us by way of Sarah Dessen in this heart-wrenching, hopeful contemporary novel about a multiracial teen who risks it all to follow her dreams by joining the circus, from the critically acclaimed author of Starfish. Harley Milano has dreamed of becoming a trapeze artist for as long as she can remember. With parents who run a famous circus in Las Vegas, she spends almost every night in the big top watching their lead...
68) Orphan eleven
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"In 1939, after cruel treatment at her orphanage renders her mute, Lucy runs away and joins the circus, working with the elephants and unaware that the orphanage matrons are hunting for her." --
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Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages! It's the most amazing day on earth: the first day of school! It can be a daunting prospect, but don't worry - your big brother can show you the ropes. Join a nervous boy and his enthusiastic older brother as they navigate the highs and lows of a first day at school . . . except this school is a big top, and the teacher is named Miss Stupendous, and the cafeteria can be a zoo, literally! It turns out,...
70) Circus
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English
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Leaping lizards, marching snakes, a bear on the high wire, and others perform in a somewhat unusual circus.
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Agent Moose ; 2
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Agent Moose, the best (worst) secret agent in the Big Woods, and his slightly more intelligent sidekick, Owlfred, are on the case again! There's big news in the Big Woods! The circus is in town, Granny Moose is coming to visit, and a mysterious robber is on the loose. When Agent Moose learns that someone is putting the squeeze on innocent animals, he and Owlfred rush to investigate, with Granny along for the ride! Can they solve this mystery before...
72) Zorina ballerina
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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1993.
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English
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A little elephant named Zorina gets her chance to be a circus star.
76) Julius
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Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1959]
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English
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Julius, an African gorilla, finds a home in an American circus. One day he inadvertently frightens away his audience, and goes in search of them.
79) Rotten Ralph
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1976.
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English
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Ralph, a very, very, nasty cat, finally sees the error of his ways--or does he?
80) Wolf won't bite!
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Three little circus pigs capture a wild wolf and make him do outrageous tricks, safe in the belief that he would never bite them.
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