Gombač, Žiga X.
Summary: "Everyone in the circus loves to perform--except for Adam, the very youngest member of the Von Trapeze family. Wherever Adam Von Trapeze's family circus performs they inspire audiences with their breathtaking feats. Grandma Antonia breathes fire, Uncle Artem builds dizzying human pyramids, and Papa Alexei and Mama Anastasia dance blindfolded on the tightrope. Only Adam, the youngest of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North South 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GOMKlein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: Circus Train pulls in to town, and each kind of animal is in it's own brightly colored car.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KLEKlepeis, Alicia
Summary: "Discusses some of the world's most mystifying circus acts and the science behind them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.3 KLEBarnett, Mac
Summary: To escape a burning building, Zapfino must confront the fears that forced him out of the circus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARSummary: Circus Dreams captures charismatic teen performers on a voyage of artistic and personal self-discovery as they fight to save the only traveling youth circus in the United States from closing forever. With a heartwarming story and great characters, this vibrant feature documentary is an inspiring testament to the power of youthful dreams. The film documents a year in the life of Circus Smirkus...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TaylorMade Productions 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CIRBurnell, Cerrie
Summary: A storm brings a floating circus to the City of Clouds, and when Harper and her friends attend they move ever closer to the secret of her origins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BURVan Dusen, Chris
Summary: After courageously swimming to shore when the ship that they are traveling on sinks and the wretched captain does nothing to rescue them, circus animals find a way to become a valued part of a coastal community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VANWitherspoon, Reese
Summary: Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she's throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh . . . It's a surprise! Then Betty and her best friend, Mae, have the best idea of all: What if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! It will be the greatest day in the history of the universe! Everything is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Schultz, Erica
Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARGruen, Sara.
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2006
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRUMoreci, Michael
Summary: "Before Batman trained him to be Robin, Dick Grayson was star of his family of trapeze artists, but when an enchanting new attraction opens nearby and threatens to lure away their remaining customers, Dick is among those drawn to its magical glow and may be too mesmerized to recognize the dangers ahead."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUM RATED GCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY DUMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DUMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Dumbo 2011Summary: A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GREPeters, Stephanie True
Summary: In this graphic novel loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book," an orphaned bear cub named Glee finds a new home in a traveling circus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Uhl, Xina M.
Summary: Like dancers in the sky, aerial silks athletes hang from long strips of fabric and perform acrobatics suspended from them with beauty, grace, and sheer physical skill. This captivating book encourages readers who may not have access to other sports to be physically and acrobatically active. It profiles the leading silks performers, circus arts organizations that teach courses, and places where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.3 UHLSummary: Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DuCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY DUMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family DumboHetherington, Nydia
Summary: "Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HETKlise, Kate.
Summary: The circus goes to sea: Many surprises are in store when Miss Flora Endora Eliza LaBuena LaPasta invites Sir Sidney's Circus to travel and perform aboard her elegant ship, the SS Spaghetti.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD KLIBerg, Esther van den
Summary: "Welcome to Kiki's Circus! All the animal friends will show you a cute trick. But wait! First, they have to use the potty. Look at Beaver making a hoop spin after washing her paws or Squirrel going on his unicycle after a quick pee! And Kiki...what's your trick? Oh, using the toilet is not so difficult or scary after all!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BERKeene, Carolyn
Summary: The Bingle and Bumble Circus is coming to River Heights, and Nancy, Bess, and George are super excited to see the clowns, animals, and acrobats. But most of all, they{u2019}re excited about the Junior Ringmaster whistling contest! To win, all they have to do is be the kid who whistles the loudest and the longest. The winner of the contest will get to be Junior Ringmaster at the circus{u2019}s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Standiford, Les
Summary: "Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men who shaped the circus. Battle for the Big Top is the untold story of the battles of the three circus kings--James Bailey, P.T. Barnum, and John Ringling-all vying for control of the vastly profitable and widely influential American Circus. New York...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.3092 STACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain StandifordFrazee, Marla
Summary: A wordless picture book in which the farmer visits the little clown and the monkey, and meets the rest of the circus family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRAKlise, Kate.
Summary: 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.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2015