Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

The story of how "Circus polka" a dance of 50 elephants and 50 ballerinas, choreographed by George Balanchine, was created.

After barely surviving a terrifying hurricane, Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have made it to the safety of Nicole's family farm, which is also the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, where flood waters are rising and dangerous circus animals are on the loose.

"Me llamo Ivǹ. Soy un gorila. No es tan sencillo como parece." "When Iván, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life."--Publisher.

Nancy, George, and Bess volunteer for some work at the River Heights Animal Protection Center only to find themselves looking for escaped circus tigers.

Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's fourteen-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is three hundred miles of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters, and the fear of not making it.

Growing up at a zoo, young ballet dancer Sophie always loved animals - but none as much as her pet elephant Sheba. When her parents are forced to sell Sheba to a traveling circus, Sophie has no choice but to run away and join him on the road to get him back. With an unforgettable cast of crazy characters, Sophie & Sheba is big fun for the whole family!