![]() ![]() ![]() Performed with panache, her junket gives new life to a favorite children's venue and is well worth the price of admission. "Ehlert's characteristically vibrant colors and exhilarating style find even broader scope under the big top. Fall blows in with a stunning new picture book by Lois Ehlert, the Caldecott-winning illustrator of Color Zoo and the creator of Color Farm and Circus. ![]() After some exuberant preliminaries, a colorful master of ceremonies welcomes readers to 'the greatest circus on earth.' They are then treated to a series of double spreads depicting an array of performers: Hugo, the world's biggest elephant the Pretzel brothers Samu the tiger marching snakes and leaping lizards the flying Zucchinis a lion and his tamer-and of course, cotton candy, snow cones, and a lovable clown." (School Library Journal) Lois Ehlert, of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom fame, was a picture book genius. Share this classic picture book at home or at circle time. Simple text and brilliantly colored cut-paper illustrations take children into a big top of circus excitement starring leaping lizards, marching snakes, whistling parrots, and the tumbling Zucchini Brothers. ![]()
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