CIRCUS SHIP

CIRCUS SHIP by Chris VanDusen

Sometimes on a slow Saturday morning I'll tell Callie to grab a book, and we curl up in bed and read together. This time she chose The Circus Ship by author/illustrator Chris Van Dusen (illustrator of the Mercy Watson series). Written in rhyming verse this picture book tells the story of a ship carrying circus animals that sank in a storm. The animals make it to shore and are hidden by the towns people, so they don't have to return with the uncaring ringmaster. Part of the fun is a 2-page spread where all the animals are hidden, and you get to find them around the town! Although highly embellished for our enjoyment, there actually was a ship that sank off the coast of Maine!