Arcadia Public Library

Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.

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...

A young boy describes his exciting trip to the circus. Includes reading activities.

Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave...

Harper and her friends try to help the Wild Conductor win back his place in the Circus of Dreams, but when Harper is chosen, instead, she encounters a mystery.

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

It takes the koala bears seven years to learn to use the circus equipment they find and to put together an act.

When a new girl comes to school while the circus is in town, she helps two classmates become friends.

Seven-year-old Louise, who performs in a trapeze act with her mother and father, finally gets an important job at the circus, but when things go wrong she wonders if she is really ready for new responsibilities.

A young circus performer has a habit of losing things but she is determined to keep her very loose tooth.