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Jackson, Kathryn

The Golden Circus

32 pp. | Golden | February, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-375-83215-7 $9.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-93215-1 $11.99
Reissue (1950, Simon)
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Alice Provensen & Martin Provensen. Mr. Roly-Poly starts his own circus, but after the usual suspects--trained lion, fat lady, thin man, clowns, etc.,--do their thing, something is decidedly lacking. The ending, which reveals the missing element, is anticlimactic, but young readers will enjoy the breathless storytelling and the jubilant art, which is neither demeaned nor enhanced by intermittent flocked panels.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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