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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway -- a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
3) Circus
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the Big Apple Circus as they tour the United States.
Author
Series
Wideacre trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Concluding the bestselling trilogy that began with Wideacre and The Favored Child, this passionate story tells of a young woman's struggle from poverty to wealth in Georgian England.
6) Corteo
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cirque du Soleil performs Corteo, presenting a magical realm as imagined by a clown.
7) Dumbo
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 64 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, who happens to be a veteran of the circus, but the newborn is soon ridiculed because of his truly gigantic ears and is dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts. It is up to Dumbo's only true friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.
8) Circus girl
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Flora has spent all her life in the circus. She was happy until she started dreaming about people outside the circus, the audience, and feeling afraid of them. Before the story is over, she finds out that dreams are only dreams and that people are nice, once you get to know them.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today? ... Rin, to those who know her best--can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still reeling from World War I, Rin and her troupe--the Circus of the Fantasticals--travel the midwest, offering a...
10) The circus ship
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the poor animals are left on their own to swim the chilly waters. Staggering onto a nearby island, they soon win over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways. So well do the critters blend in that when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, villagers of all species conspire to outsmart the bloated blowhard.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.
12) Circus shapes
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Circus animals and performers getting ready for a show form basic geometric shapes.
13) Quidam
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Cirque du Soleil takes its unique, award-winning show from under the big top and brings it into your home to enjoy forever! This collector's item features one of their most popular shows, Quidam, which was recorded live in Amsterdam. Known throughout the world as masters of awe inspiring performance art, Cirque du Soleil continues to thrill with the most amazing acrobatics ever seen!
14) Alegria
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What if anything were possible? What if the stage became a fantastic world where old were young again, and where the kings were clowns? Alegria is magic and joy from a world turned upside down.
Author
Series
Usborne very first reading volume 12
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eddy the electric eel saves the day when the lights in the undersea circus malfunction. Twelfth in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skills, and guidance notes on reading with children.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1977, c1958
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[59] p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pepito, son of the Spanish ambassador, and Madeline, rescued by gypsies during a storm, travel and perform with their wandering friends until they again find Miss Clavel.
Author
Series
Magic kitten volume 6
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
128 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A magic kitten helps Sadie and her best friend Jenny overcome their differences and find a way to enjoy performing in the circus together.
20) Wolf won't bite!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Physical Desc
[26] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
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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