"A boy spends the day at the circus, and sees all the attractions including a parade, the big top tent, clowns and acrobats"--

A wildly enthusiastic father surprises his family when he runs off to join the circus.

"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...

Curious George becomes the star of the circus after he inadvertently gets in the way of the acrobats' performance.

A child's teeth must be brushed, hair combed, and bed made before going to the circus.

Gisselda and Bop, true children of the circus, stand up to the snarling tiger on the terrible day that the whole performance goes wrong.

Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave...

A circus parade highlights the colorful and exciting acts to come.