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Books in Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Book series

  • How to be a clown

    Charles Robert Meyer

    Hardcover (D. McKay Co, March 15, 1977)
    Describes how to become a circus clown and acquire such skills as mime, developing gags, and applying clown make-up.
  • HOW TO BE A JUGGLER

    Charles Robert Meyer

    Hardcover (Random House Children's Books, Dec. 12, 1977)
    Demonstrates skills that need to be developed to be an expert juggler of many kinds of objects and gives tips on becoming part of a juggling group
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  • Mickey Takes a Bow

    Doug Cushman

    Hardcover (Little Brown & Co, Oct. 1, 1986)
    Because his clumsiness and fear of heights makes it impossible for him to be a trapeze artist like the rest of his famous family, Mickey is unhappy until his circus friends show him that he has a unique talent of his own.
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  • Circus People

    Dianne Cassidy

    Hardcover (Little Brown & Co, Oct. 1, 1985)
    A proud ringmaster introduces a clown, horseback rider, strong man, and other performers in his circus. Movable flaps change the illustrations and reveal the performers in action.
  • Circus Animals

    Dianne Cassidy

    Hardcover (Little Brown & Co, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Several circus animals perform tricks with lift-the-flap illustrations.
  • Circus Train

    Sue Dreamer

    Board book (Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1986)
    Presents a variety of circus scenes on board pages which fold out into one long strip. Turning the strip over reveals a circus train with removable die-cut panels which link together to form a free-standing train.
  • Lucy Makes It Big

    Sue Dreamer

    Hardcover (Little Brown & Co, Oct. 1, 1986)
    Lucy the elephant is bored with her life until she joins the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, is trained as a circus elephant, and becomes a star.
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  • Circus Colors

    George Karn

    Board book (Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1986)
    Circus animals and clowns help show the colors red, yellow, blue, orange, purple, and green
  • Circus ABC

    Sue Dreamer

    Board book (Little Brown & Co, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Circus animals and performers illustrate all twenty-six letters of the alphabet from acrobats to zebras
  • Circus Big and Small

    George Karn

    Board book (Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1986)
    Circus animals and performers demonstrate the difference between big and small, happy and sad, short and tall, plain and fancy, up and down, in and out, and alone and together
  • Circus 1-2-3

    Sue Dreamer

    Board book (Little Brown & Co, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Circus animals introduce the numbers from one to ten. On board pages.