Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he...
Elephants
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Author:Gruen, SaraSummary: -
Author:Quinn, SpencerSummary:Chet has smelled a lot of unusual things in his years as trusted companion and partner to P.I. Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the exotic scents he encounters when an old-fashioned traveling circus comes to town....
- Author:Langley, Dawn RenoSummary:
Natalie DeAngelo lost everything when her two sons were killed in a school shooting. For relief from her loss, she volunteers as a veterinarian on an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. Still battling memories that torment her, Natalie must...
- Author:Owens, DeliaSummary:
Expelled from Botswana for writing Cry of the Kalahari, the Owenses set off across Africa. They settled in Zambia, where they soon found their peace shattered by the gunfire of elephant poachers. This is the story of the couple's...
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Author:Nicholson, ChristopherSummary: -
Author:Andreasen, DanSummary:A young elephant and his father spend Saturday running errands, sipping lemonade, and having a cookout.
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Author:Young, CybèleSummary:Nancy remembers all kinds of things in all sorts of ways. Places to relax and place to go. Things all the same color or all the same shape. She remembers with her ears, her stomach and even her heart. But Nancy knows she's forgotten...
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Author:Schaefer, Carole LexaSummary:Monkey and Elephant are very good friends, very good friends who look too nice to just stay at home. So they decide to go gadding. "Gadding?" said Elephant. "What's that?" "Gadding," said Monkey, "is walking along, looking around,...
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Author:Willems, MoSummary:Piggie introduces his reluctant friend, Gerald the elephant, to the wonderful world of pretend.
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Author:Littlewood, AnnSummary:Iris Oakley, pregnant and still recovering from her husband’s murder, wants only to carry on as a keeper at Finley Memorial Zoo in Vancouver, Washington. But she is confronted with a terrifying situation: alone and with no elephant...
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Author:Willems, MoSummary:Elephant and Piggie learn to play catch with their new friend Snake.
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Author:Brunhoff, Laurent deSummary:The ghost of the Black Castle follows Babar and his family and friends back to Celesteville. Double line spacing. Grades K-3.
- Author:Morpurgo, MichaelSummary:
In Dresden, 1945, Elizabeth and Karli’s mother works at the zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals - including the elephants - must be shot...
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Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers.
