01476cam a2200325 4500 75140238 TxAuBib 20110503120000.0 090803s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008938402 9780763630904 $16.99 076363090X $16.99 (OCoLC)297147805 UPZ UPZ UPZ UKM OCO SPP TxAuBib Van Dusen, Chris. The Circus Ship / Chris Van Dusen. 1st ed. Somerville, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2009. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. This book was purchased with FY 2011 Loan Star Libraries Grant Funds from Baker & Taylor 5/2011. 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. 20110503. Stories in rhyme. Ships Fiction. Human-animal relationships. Fiction. Survival Fiction. Maine Fiction. Humorous stories. TXLYT