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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 31
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Description
Nancy Drew joins the circus in order to investigate the mystery surrounding a gold charm bracelet and a young orphaned aerialist.
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Even though his awful Great-Aunt Gertrudis doesn’t approve, Micah believes in the stories his dying Grandpa Ephraim tells him of the magical Circus Mirandus: the invisible tiger guarding the gates, the beautiful flying birdwoman, and the magician more powerful than any other—the Man Who Bends Light. Finally, Grandpa Ephraim offers proof. The Circus is real. And the Lightbender owes Ephraim a miracle. With his friend Jenny Mendoza in tow, Micah...
4) Julius
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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.
9) Baby Clown
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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.
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Publisher
Beginner Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
Asked to leave the circus because the audiences have seen all his tricks, Spot the dog hopes to show them new tricks by turning different colors and changing the shape of his spots. Thirty-seven years after creating the breakthrough reader Put Me in the Zoo, Robert Lopshire has brought Spot back. This time, Spot must perform new and exciting tricks in order to convince the circus folks to keep him on. He changes colors, he breaks out in plaid and...
12) Not so fast!
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Publisher
Advance Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
When Dumbo the young elephant realizes that he can fly, he wants to fly everywhere and do everything as fast as he can, until he learns that faster isn't always better.
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Newbery Award
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Read Before You Watch - Middle Grade
NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series
NYT - Children’s Series
Read Before You Watch - Middle Grade
Description
Inspired by the true story of a captive silverback gorilla known as Ivan, this novel celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby,...
15) Dumbo
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A little elephant uses his enormous ears to become the star of the circus.