The Traveling Carnival

Author : Tim Ladwig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984377190
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Traveling Carnival written by Tim Ladwig and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sudden loss in Haverhill leaves an old family friend behind, 18-year-olds Augustus and Allister Biggs have just the thing to get Bud Persly's mind off of his mother's death - the mysterious, yet charming, J.Q. Lazarus and his band of quirky carnies. With the ring leader in need of land for his upcoming two-week carnival, the Biggs twins persuade Bud to let J.Q. use his newly-inherited property. But when Augustus starts to question the ring leader's true intentions, he discovers a secret too horrifying to imagine. In a race against time, Augustus must act quickly to save his friends and Haverhill before they are changed forever.

Author : Julie Murray
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1532128258
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traveling Carnival written by Julie Murray and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun and colorful title explains what a traveling carnival is and all of the exciting games, foods, events, animals and more that can be found at one. This title is at a Level 3 and is specifically written for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Author : Michael Sean Comerford
Publisher : Comerford Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American OZ written by Michael Sean Comerford and published by Comerford Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real traveling carnival is in the pathos behind the scenes. American Oz is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of traveling carnivals. You’ll never see your state fair or neighborhood festival the same way again! Comerford writes a bold, inspiring true story of a year working shoulder-to-shoulder with the colorful characters and legends of carnivals. He shares stories of freaks, a carnival pimp, a tramp gold miner, and the last King of the Sideshows. An insult dunk tank clown is shot. Masked gunmen rob his carnival. And a young showman friend dies on the road. It's a new classic American road story as he hitchhikes to shows in California, New Jersey, New York, Chicago, Alaska, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, and Florida where he works in a freak show. He becomes the #1 hitchhiker in the USA and a top agent at the State Fair of Texas. He travels to the lawless foothills of Mexico to see the new face of the American carny. He exposes the truths about immigration, labor abuse, and living between two worlds. Comerford finds carnival people seeking meaning and love in their lives, and the answers always seem to be somewhere down the road.

Author : Kenneth Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615905648
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Traveling Carnival written by Kenneth Miller and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The American Traveling Carnival" in monograph, describes the genesis of a unique form of entertainment. The World's Columbian Exposition, of 1893 in Chicago served as the jumping off point for all American traveling carnivals to come.

Author : Amy Ephron
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524740225
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Carnival Magic written by Amy Ephron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A summer by the seashore turns into a fantastical adventure for Tess & Max in this magical tale filled with excitement, acrobatics, hypnosis, and wonder. Tess and Max are back in England for another summer with their Aunt Evie--this time by the seashore in South Devon. And they're incredibly excited about the travelling carnival that's come to town. There are rides, games, acrobats, The House of Mirrors--and even a psychic, with a beautiful wagon all her own. In a visit to the psychic's wagon, while Tess is being hypnotized, the wagon seems to move. Before Tess can shake herself out of the hypnosis, before Max can do anything, they seem to be travelling--along with the rest of the carnival--too quickly for the two of them to jump out. But where are they going and what awaits them? Will they be caught in a world different from their own? And do the Baranova twins, acrobats who miss their sister almost as much as Tess and Max miss their family, hold the keys to the mystery? Internationally bestselling author Amy Ephron returns with a companion novel to The Castle in the Mist and creates a magical tale filled with adventure, mystery, fantasy, family, and fun. Praise for Carnival Magic: "Full of wonder and real-life enchantment, Amy Ephron's Carnival Magic is a charming adventure that will make a believer out of anyone!" —Rachel Vail, author of Well, That Was Awkward and the Friendship Ring series "Tess is a thoroughly modern heroine: She's athletic, impulsive, and fearless . . . The siblings are authentic children [and] the fantastic elements are the stuff of daydreams. Perfect for classroom read-alouds." —Kirkus Reviews "The short chapters filled with mystery and action will have readers eagerly continuing to discover the secrets that await them. . . . Fans of the first book will be eager for this fun middle-grade fantasy with a classic sensibility." —Booklist "The setting is contemporary—yet the language and tone feel distinctly nostalgic. This novel, which works as a stand alone, will captivate readers who enjoy their whimsy with a dash of risk." —School Library Journal "[Carnival Magic is] a softer otherworldly take on childhood mystery, reminiscent of classics like A Secret Garden . . . [it] is in itself an escape. Tess especially follows in that lineage of strong, intelligent female characters – a sort of Lucy Pevensie/Hermione Granger hybrid who is a leader, who believes in magic." —Teen Vogue "Amy Ephron has always been a magical storyteller. . . . In Carnival Magic, the companion book to Ephron’s successful The Castle in the Mist . . . Tess and Max are teaching children and their parents about the power of thoughtful decision-making, loyalty, and self-confidence. Life lessons and carnival rides . . . the perfect beach read for all ages." —Parade “Ephron renders this magical world with such assertive beauty that readers of all ages, who are fortunate enough to believe in the power of magic, will enjoy immersing themselves in the roller-coaster fun of these stories, and come to trust, even if for a short time, that in this ‘alternate universe’ it is possible for us to come together and ‘touch the sky.’” —Jewish Journal

Author : Arthur H. Lewis
Publisher : New York : Trident Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Carnival written by Arthur H. Lewis and published by New York : Trident Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dean Koontz
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425250644
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Funhouse written by Dean Koontz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil comes in frightening and familiar forms in this terrifying novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate—and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands... Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children—Joey loves monster movies and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer. The time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins, because the carnival is coming back to town...

Author : Chris Rasmussen
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609383575
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Carnival in the Countryside written by Chris Rasmussen and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state's central institution, event, and symbol. During its annual run each August, the fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage to the fairground to see the iconic butter cow, to ride the Old Mill, to walk through the livestock barns, and to people-watch. At the same time that they enjoy fried candy bars and roller coasters, Iowans also compete to raise the best corn and zucchinis, to make the best jams and jellies, to rear the finest sheep and goats, the largest cattle and hogs, and the handsomest horses. This tension between entertainment and agriculture goes back all the way to the fair's founding in the mid-1800s, as historian Chris Rasmussen shows in this thought-provoking history. The fair's founders had lofty aims: they sought to improve agriculture and foster a distinctively democratic American civilization. But from the start these noble intentions jostled up against people's desire to have fun and make money, honestly or otherwise--not least because the fair had to pay for itself. In short, the Iowa State Fair has as much to tell us about human nature and American history as it does about growing corn.

Author : James Kraft
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Sloan in Santa Fe written by James Kraft and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1981 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jane Harvey-Berrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912015931
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Carnival written by Jane Harvey-Berrick and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his release, Zef has been on the road, finding his spiritual home with a traveling carnival and working as a motorcycle stunt rider. Until a crazy girl who's run away to join the circus crashes into his world.