TY - BOOK AU - Van Dusen,Chris TI - The circus ship SN - 9780763630904 AV - PZ8.3.V335 Ci 2009 U1 - [E] 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Somerville, Mass. PB - Candlewick Press KW - Circus animals KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Circus KW - Islands KW - Stories in rhyme KW - Humorous stories KW - Maine N2 - When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the poor animals are left on their own to swim the chilly waters. Staggering onto a nearby island, they soon win over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways. So well do the critters blend in that when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, villagers of all species conspire to outsmart the bloated blowhard ER -