The Circus Ship

The Circus Ship
ISBN-10
0763661902
ISBN-13
9780763661908
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
40
Language
English
Published
2011-11-15
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Author
Chris Van Dusen

Description

“The verse is sprightly, but the pictures are the true stunners.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the poor animals are left on their own, but 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. With buoyant rhymes and brilliantly caricatured illustrations evoking the early nineteenth century, Chris Van Dusen presents a hugely entertaining tale about the bonds of community?—?and a hidden-pictures spread for eagle-eyed readers of all ages.

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