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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 in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
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Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
3) The surge
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Storm runners volume 2
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English
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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.
4) Eruption
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Storm runners volume 3
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English
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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.
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Rafe Khatchadorian is horrified that because of a missed science assignment he has to go to summer school; but instead of three weeks in a school room he finds himself a volunteer at Bushytail animal refuge, which is really hard, smelly work--and somehow he needs to use the experience (and the help of a girl he meets there) to produce a first class science report.
6) Circus Train
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[2013]
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Circus Train pulls in to town, and each kind of animal is in it's own brightly colored car.
7) Dumbo
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In celebration of this landmark film's 70th anniversary, experience the daring adventures of the world's only flying elephant with a dazzling all-new digital restoration with enhanced picture and sound. Includes tons of bonus features, including: a deleted scene and song; The Making of Dumbo; and The Magic of Dumbo: A Ride of Passage-- a heartfelt look at Disneyland's most popular ride.
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"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers." —Betty White
A captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most remarkable true stories
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Storm runners volume 1
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English
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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.
10) The circus ship
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2009.
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39 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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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.
11) Dumbo
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2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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When Dumbo the baby circus elephant is separated from his mother, he will need help from his friends and belief in himself to find his way back to her.
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[2004]
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1 game (19 pcs.) : wood, color ; in box 24 x 24 x 6 cm + 1 instruction booklet (folded : color illustrations ; 11 x 9 cm)
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Taking turns you roll the die to find out how many elephants to add to the pyramid; roll a star and add a balancing bar or a joker block. Add elephants in numerical order from 1 to 10, from bottom to top. Blocks can be added at the same level or above, but never below the highest block. The player who puts elephant #10 on the pyramid without making the pyramid fall wins the game--Accompanying instruction booklet.
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[2019]
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320 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"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...
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2005.
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24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Page by page, very young children can explore the theatrical and circus settings, follow the simple clues in the read-aloud nursery verse and try to find Little Bear, whether he's trying on a hat, standing on his head or floating in a balloon.
16) Sophie and Sheba
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2012.
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Growing up at a zoo, young ballet dancer Sophie always loved animals - but none as much as her pet elephant Sheba. When her parents are forced to sell Sheba to a travelling circus, Sophie has no choice but to runaway and join him on the road to get him back. With an unforgettable cast of crazy characters, Sophie & Sheba is BIG fun for the whole family!
17) Dumbo
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[2018]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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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.
18) Dumbo
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[2014]
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24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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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.
20) Saving Flora
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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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