Left on their own to swim the chilly waters after their ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, a group of circus animals stagger onto a nearby island, quickly winning over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways, and when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, villagers of all species conspire to outsmart him.
year: 2009, 2011, 2015
call number/section: 1000
subjects: ships, fiction, circus animals, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, human-animal relationship, stories in rhyme, maine, fiction, human-animal relationships, survival, oversize books, juvenile fiction, humorous fiction, juvenile fiction, picture books for children
Editions
Van Dusen, Chris
Candlewick Press (2009)
A circus ship has an accident off the coast of Maine which leaves the animals stranded, but they are soon taken in by the citizens of a small island who grow fond of the new residents and fight to protect them.
Schools: 7
Van Dusen, Chris
Candlewick Press (2011)
A circus ship has an accident off the coast of Maine which leaves the animals stranded, but they are soon taken in by the citizens of a small island who grow fond of the new residents and fight to protect them.
Schools: 0
Van Dusen, Chris
Left on their own to swim the chilly waters after their ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, a group of circus animals stagger onto a nearby island, quickly winning over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways, and when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, villagers of all species conspire to outsmart him.
Schools: 2
Van Dusen, Chris
Candlewick Press (2015)
A circus ship has an accident off the coast of Maine which leaves the animals stranded, but they are soon taken in by the citizens of a small island who grow fond of the new residents and fight to protect them.
Schools: 5
Van Dusen, Chris
A circus ship has an accident off the coast of Maine which leaves the animals stranded, but they are soon taken in by the citizens of a small island who grow fond of the new residents and fight to protect them.
Schools: 13