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Van Dusen, Chris

The Circus Ship

40 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-3090-4 $16.99
(2) K-3 The tiny kernel of a true story--a circus ship disaster--expands and transforms into rollicking verse. Van Dusen's tale ends up a hilarious romp complete with a villainous circus owner, a courageous fire-leaping tiger, and clever animals camouflaged as humans. The super-saturated gouache paintings are characterized by perspective changes and filled with the kinds of details kids will pore over.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2009

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