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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When circus owner Mike decides Pete the poodle has grown too old to continue as the starring act, Pete forms an unlikely alliance with a young grizzly bear, who only wants to go home to the woods.
Author
Series
Publisher
Océano
Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
Me llamo Iván. Soy un gorila. No es tan sencillo como parece.
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
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.
9) Dumbo
Series
Publisher
Studio Fun International
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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.
10) Eruption
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
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.
11) The surge
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
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.
12) Dumbo
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Dumbo is a little elephant with huge ears! He is the laughingstock of the circus and feels all alone -- until a friendly mouse comes along and changes his life. Can Dumbo's new friend teach him to be the star of the show?"--
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