Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, NY
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780385419697ISBN:0385419694
Description: Author. Near Fine. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Stated First Edition October 1992. Pictorial Covers, unpaginated. Tight Clean Copy-no names/marks. 'A traveling circus arrives, sets up its village of tents, performs for the crowd, and then moves on again' Juvenile/Picture Book. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780385419697ISBN:0385419694
Description: Fine. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: Children/juvenile. First edition in fine shape. No dust jacket. Laminated color illustrated cover. Gift worthy. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1995. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780440409359ISBN:0440409357
Description: New. The circus is in town! Come join in the fun as Caldecott Medalist Peter Spier creates a circus like no other, in this exuberant celebration of the wonders of the big top. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1992-09-01
ISBN-13:9780385419697ISBN:0385419694
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"You can tell a Republican runs this circus. The poor mother horse only gets a month off after foaling. Seriously, what's up with that?
Now, forgetting for a moment that this is intended as a children's book: there is something seriously surreal going on here. Spier writes this in a detached, abstract, sort of journalistic way. As if he's writing an exposé on the circus. For kids. But in a way that they couldn't really grasp. He's not really judging the circus. But he's showing you what's going on under the tent flap. He'll let you judge for yourself.
"Be careful with this one - Spier makes the circus look so appealing you might find that your little one really wants to run away and join the circus! Spier is a master of minutely detailed spreads that fascinate and absorb children (okay, and grown ups too!) Here he tells, through mostly pictures, and some narration, about the various aspects of the circus from the day it rolls into town until the sad day that it must pack up and move on to the next city. Small children might not be interested in the accompanying text, but all children will be delighted by the illustrations and will enjoy scanning them for new details with each reading."
"Mommy says: Elaborate and detailed pictures and slightly sophisticated text show how a circus is set up, performs and is taken down. My kids were enthralled with the pictures while I read what was going on."
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