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...

"Six-year-old Louise Trapeze lives at the circus and can't wait to fly on the trapeze until she discovers that she is afraid of heights"--

Ahmed, an orphan working long hours with a traveling circus, finds a golden egg in the forest, which hatches into a beautiful girl, and Ahmed must save her from being exploited by the cruel circus owner, Madame Saleem.

Three little circus pigs capture a wild wolf and make him do outrageous tricks, safe in the belief that he would never bite them.

When Little Monkey says good night to the performers in the big top tent, he creates a circus act of his own.

Presents a tale about a silly circus that celebrates whimsically costumed animals who have the most pointy noses, the longest ears, and the dirtiest hands.

A child's teeth must be brushed, hair combed, and bed made before going to the circus.

Following a lead about his missing friend Georgie, Otto and his sidekick Crackers set out to investigate Punkratz and Pinky Traveling Circus.

Twelve-year-old Art, with the help of a ladybug named Rufus, uncovers a fly's plot to ruin his family's traveling insect circus.

Describes a circus balancing act using only words beginning with the letter "C."