Van Dusen, Chris.

The circus ship / Chris Van Dusen, author & illustrator. - 1st paperback ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2015, c2009. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780763655921

LCCN: 2008938402

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA976872 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ships--Fiction.
Circus animals--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Stories in rhyme.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Maine--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ8.3.V335 / Ci 2009

Dewey Class. No.: [E]