"Meet Violette, a curious 12-year-old girl who travels the world with the Cirque de la Lune--the Circus of the Moon, where her mother is the human cannonball and her father is the insect trainer"--Back cover.

Legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski created one of his freest and most visually inventive films yet with this story of a gray donkey named EO. After being removed from an itinerant circus, EO begins a trek across the countryside, experiencing cruelty and kindness from a cast of characters including an Italian countess and a Polish soccer team. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature, and featuring stunning cinematography by...

Introduces the letters of the alphabet that depict a circus of performers and animals which are created out of yummy noodles, tasty veggies, and whimsical utensils.

"Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding the child... But will her story be...

Partez à la découverte du cirque avec ce Grand Article Universalis! Tel qu'il fut à ses débuts, tel qu'il demeure dans sa forme, indépendamment des valeurs de spectacle qu'il propose, le cirque est le centre o viennent se cristalliser les émotions des spectateurs en quête d'exceptionnel, de fantastique, d'extraordinaire. Un ouvrage spécialement conçu pour le numérique afin d'en savoir plus sur le cirque.

"When Cecile Tremblay lost everyone and everything in the French Revolution, she never imagined that she'd earn her living as a markswoman in a London circus. But Farnham's Fantastical Female Fayre has become her home, her family, and her future. Another thing Cecile never imagined was becoming entangled with the man gossip columns call The Darling of the Ton. But mere weeks after her rejection of his insulting carte blanche--and his infuriating engagement...

"Well, here they are again. The ant, the fly, and the flea. Stuck doing tricks for the circus-goers every night and twice on Sundays. Stuck like a . . . well, you know. But with the help of Moth, a fellow performer with a pretty spectacular trick, the trio plan their escape. But will it work?" --Jacket flap

Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, wants to perform his high-wire act in the circus.

Archie tags along as his owner Sydney runs away to join a struggling family circus. But clumsy Sydney's only hope of stardom is a fake ventriloquist act featuring his wisecracking, woofing pal. Together, they're a hit, and the circus is saved, until a villain plots to steal the priceless dog and trade him for big bucks.