Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-This brightly illustrated book depicts a circus traveling by train, its arrival, set up, and highlights of the Big Top ("Tigers, horses/weave through courses./Vendors handy-'Cotton candy!'"). When the show is over, the crew helps in the breakdown and everyone hops back on the train, heading to the next town. One sticking point: the text states that the train spills over the hills when arriving and departing, but the image only portrays it chugging up and down the tracks. VERDICT A charming addition to picture book collections.-Melisa Bailey, Harford County Library System, MD © Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Oohs and aahs. / Applause! Applause!" Smart, taut, simple rhymes usher readers from the circus train to the big top and back to their ride to the next venue. The rhymes and razzle-dazzle illustrations could succeed without the train-story framing device, but then readers would miss seeing the behind-the-scenes stars: the workers who do the heavy lifting. (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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