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1) Oliver
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Oliver looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.
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Who hasn't dreamed of running away to a more exciting life? Toby Tyler is one boy who did just that, spending ten weeks working for the circus as it toured New England in the 1870s. But was this great adventure everything he dreamed it would be?
Toby Tyler: Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus is a classic story beloved by generation after generation of children. Author James Otis actually traveled with the Phineas T. Barnum Circus as a young
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Seventeen-year-old Oregon teenager Kelsey forms a bond with a circus tiger who's actually one of two brothers, Indian princes Ren and Kishan, who were cursed to live as tigers for eternity, and she travels with him to India where the tiger's curse may be broken once and for all.
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Three-ring rascals volume 1
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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.
9) 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.
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In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and an uncle of whose existence he was previously unaware. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and his involvement with a union bring trouble. He then joins a circus in hopes of finding his father.
11) Fleas
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A cumulative tale in which Quantz, who is repaid in fleas for scratching a stray dog, makes a series of trades that turn one person's burden into the next one's joy and ultimately brings them all together for a circus performance.
13) Baby Clown
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Whe Frieda and Boffo Clown have a baby, the entire circus is over the moon. But there is just one problem: Baby Clown won't stop crying! -inside cover.
14) The circus horse
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Horse crazy volume 2
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In Currawong Creek, Australia, best friends Bonnie and Sam, who share a mutual love of horses, enhance their trick-riding skills when a traveling circus comes to town.
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Louise Trapeze volume 2
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Seven-year-old Louise, who performs in a trapeze act with her mother and father, finally gets an important job at the circus, but when things go wrong she wonders if she is really ready for new responsibilities.
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"A trip to the circus takes a turn for the worse when robot clowns take over the big top! In the blink of an eye, Scooby Snacks are snatched, and parents are kidnapped! Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang need your help to put a stop to the mayhem on the midway. Should the gang follow the clues or follow the clowns? Can they rescue Daphne's dad before it's too late? Will Scooby ever get his Scooby Snacks back?" -- Page [4] cover.