Books with title The Circus Thief

With stunning artwork and a rhyming text, the illustrator of the Mercy Watson books tells a tale of human-animal connection full of humor and heart.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. 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 rare hidden-pictures spread for eagle-eyed readers of all ages.

The topics for this volume are from the wonderful world of the circus, which -with its clowns, acrobats and tightrope walkers -also fits perfectly into the carnival time. There is, for example, the Story to Move to "A Day at the Circus" and in the Fun Activity in the arena we describe the best way to your own circus performance. Ideal for all exercise leaders and educators who play and do gymnastics with groups of children.

The Circus Song is a chidren's book that tells the story of two farmhands at the turn of the nineteenth century who leave the farm to go into town, buy new suits, and then head to the circus, where they have many exciting adventures. The words of the book are actually the lyrics of a song written in 1891, which the author has adapted for this book. The song is on a CD at the back of the book. Each page of the book also has a "Circus Fun Fact" that tells someting factual about the circus in that era. The colorful illustrations were done by Blueberry Illustrations.