Five talented lions suffer from stage fright and are unable to perform their circus act. A new lion-tamer is hired.

Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.

Meridon, a vagabond gypsy, allows her vague memories of a very different life, as well as the necklace that is her birthright, to lead her home to Wideacre where she takes her place as its mistress.

Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world...

A circus gorilla scares away the people who have come to see him, and when he tries to find them, he gets lost himself.

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.

Uses a very simple vocabulary to describe Word Bird's trip to the circus.

"A boy and his father have an eventful and exciting day at the circus, told in 50 preprimer words"--P. 30.

Asked to leave the circus because the audiences have seen all his tricks, Spot the dog hopes to show them new tricks by turning different colors and changing the shape of his spots.

Tom tells all about his bicycle, his ride to work past trucks, cars, and even elephants, and his work as a circus performer.