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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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.
3) Eruption
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Chase and his friend Nicole Rossi attempt to rescue the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants, and all--in Mexico, where a massive earthquake has struck, leading to the imminent eruption of a volcano.
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner," but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.
8) The surge
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After barely surviving a terrifying hurricane, Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have made it to the safety of Nicole's family farm, which is also the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, where flood waters are rising and dangerous circus animals are on the loose.
Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Spanning several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most amazing true animal stories ever told. Raised together in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives, and would be tested time and again; through a near-fatal shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, an apprenticeship with the legendary Mahout elephant trainers in the Indian teak forests, and their eventual rise to circus stardom in...
12) Circus of dreams
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The traveling Medici Bros. circus is made up of a ragtag group. There's Miss Atlantis, the resident mermaid, who is trying to find her voice. And Rongo, a stongman juggling more duties than he can keep track of. There's also a brokenhearted family in need of some healing: Holt -a former Stallion Star and war veteran; his daughter, Milly- a budding scientist with little interest in taking up the family act; and her little brother Joe -a clumsy kid...
13) Dumbo
Series
Pub. Date
2011
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.
14) Dumbo
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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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.
15) Dumbo
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, [this book] charts the history of elephants in America, the ... story of the Elephant Sanctuary, and the ... tale of a resilient elephant who defied the system even as she struggled to conquer her past, who never lost sight of the life she was meant to have"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Traveling Medici Bros. Circus is made up of a ragtag group. There's Miss Atlantis, the resident mermaid, who is trying to find her voice. And Rongo, a strongman juggling more duties than he can keep track of. There's also a brokenhearted family in need of some healing: Holt -- a former Stallion Star and war veteran; his daughter, Milly -- a budding scientist with little interest in taking up the family act; and her little brother, Joe -- a clumsy...
19) Saving Flora
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's fourteen-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is three hundred miles of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters, and the fear of not making it.
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