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A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 24
Pub. Date
[2015]
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57 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?"--
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 22
Pub. Date
[2014]
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57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet so Gerald must be patient.
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English
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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...
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2022.
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English
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"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip-- especially about the new boy, Leku-- Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 23
Pub. Date
2015.
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57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping.
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 25
Pub. Date
2016.
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57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 paper frame.
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English
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"Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important"--
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
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57 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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While Piggie is determined to fly Elephant is skeptical, but when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen.
11) Oliver
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English
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Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.
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Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family. -- adapted from back cover
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 19
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English
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Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
18) Super Jumbo
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2016.
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English
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Little Jumbo works tirelessly to be a superhero in his neighborhood, although not everyone appreciates his crime fighting techniques.
19) Dumbo
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English
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Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
20) Baby elephant
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[2009]
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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