Circus Performer

Discusses what it takes to be a circus performer, including how to be a clown, juggling, and tumbling.

This book takes a fun look at a typical week in the life of a circus performer. It is written in the form of a first-person diary and looks at some of the key skills that a circus performer needs and

Fred Stone, born to a pioneer family in 1873, joined the traveling circus at age 11, became a self-taught tightrope walker, and performed on the variety stage in his late teens. As an adult, he perfor

Fiction. Winner of the 3-Day Novel Contest. Joshua Chapman Green is searching...searching for answers. He is combing through boxes in the attic of his recently deceased mother's home and uncovering ch

Circuses provide surreal, fantastic entertainment. At times magical and at others chilling, the circus is a world of magic and spectacle for the viewer, but for the performer, a career in the circus o

Flora has been a circus performer all the years of her young life, and her curiosity about the outside world leads her on an adventure to see how non-circus performers live.

Have you ever wanted to join the circus? Wondered what goes on behind the scenes? What trapeze artists think about as they swing through the air? How fit do you have to be to be a performer?Establishe

This engaging memoir follows the life and career of circus performer Tiny Kline (1891-1964) from the burlesque house to the circus tent, and on to Disneyland and the silver screen. While working for t

This engaging memoir follows the life and career of circus performer Tiny Kline (1891-1964) from the burlesque house to the circus tent, and on to Disneyland and the silver screen. While working for t

Twelve-year-old Audrey wants nothing more than to be a dance performer and aerialist, but that feels far from reality in 1944 Hartford, Connecticut. So when she learns the Ringling Brothers and Barnum

Rose Edouin (nee Bryer) and her husband, entrepreneur and circus performer George Benjamin William Lewis, have received little attention in the history of Australian theatre, and certainly few now wou

Beneath the Big Top is a social history of the circus, from its ancient roots to the rise of the ‘modern’ tented traveling shows. A performer and founder of a circus group, Steve Ward draws on eyewitn

INSTANT #1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERFrom the #1New York TimesandUSA TODAYbestselling author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensationButcher & BlackbirdandLeather & Larkcomes the final book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy―a friends-with-benefits dark romantic comedy packed with murder, mayhem, and spice.God, I want to kiss her. I want to feel the heat of her lips against mine. Would she want that? Would she melt against me if she did? Or would the tension I feel between us snap and release something feral inside her? Inside me?Doctor Fionn Kane is running from a broken heart, one he hopes to mend in small-town Nebraska, far away from his almost-fiancé and his derailed surgical career. It’s a simpler life: head down, hard work, andabsolutely noromantic relationships. He wants none of the circus he left behind in Boston.But then therealcircus finds him.Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with the Silveria Circus, and it suits her just fine, especia

While searching for more clues to the murder of his circus performer parents, talented magician Danny Woo follows the Mysterium circus to Barcelona, where he discovers a traitor and a dangerous woman

Calamity strikes as Fitzy's travelling circus rolls into town. A clown falls ill, the star circus performer is injured, and tickets for the show aren't selling. Is it because of the terrifying dog sai

Lola the Lollipop Fairy is a magical circus performer. Join in the fun and follow her fabulous adventures as she tries to create the most dazzling circus show ever. Lola the Lollipop Fairy and her fri

In 1888, Samuel F. Cody, a twenty-one-year-old horse wrangler, met Maud Lee, a sixteen-year-old aspiring circus performer, while touring with the Wild West show cast of Adam Forepaugh's Circus. A quic

People say it like a joke, but Henry Bell really did run away from home to join the circus. A talented new performer with a struggling circus, he's found a place for himself among the fire-eaters, tig

Chester longs to be a performer in the circus, but the road to stardom is rocky until someone discovers Chester's true "worldliness."

Convinced by a close call with an assassin in Barcelona that his circus-performer parents died under suspicious circumstances, Danny accompanies the troupe to Berlin, where his efforts to unravel clue

Raemy, former jewel thief and circus performer, Thaddeus, and the others aboard the ruby airship have journeyed deep into the dangerous Indian jungle to find Desai, who is seeking something, or someon

This memoir of Céleste de Chabrillan, former Parisian courtesan, circus performer, dancer, and wife of the French consul, offers a firsthand account of the years she spent in gold rush Victoria during

The third and final installment in the Spectacle trilogy by Megan Rose Gedris!From fake psychic to true believer, circus performer Anna finds herself dealing with the supernatural more and more, and i

True Tales of the Cuddliest CoworkersAround the world, there are cats earning their keep. Some are mousers, like Princess, a black cat who works at Mill Ridge Farm's stables. Some are circus performer

A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into

Get ready for the fourth brilliant Diary of Dennis the Menace book: Bash Street Bandit! Steven Butler is an actor, dancer and trained circus performer, and has been a fan of The Beano since childhood.

Chris Stewart had a long and eclectic list of jobs. From some of the most glamorous careers, such as being the original drummer in Genesis, to the more offbeat, a sheep shearer and circus performer,

Star Strauss has always been a fighter. From the time she was born prematurely to her life on the road as a circus performer. She has never let her small stature keep her from achieving her dreams. Sh

Zack Freedman has complete control and feels a sense of calm on the high wire. If only he could say the same about the rest of his life. His fellow youth circus performer and roommate, Cubby, hates hi

Zack Freedman has complete control and feels a sense of calm on the high wire. If only he could say the same about the rest of his life. His fellow youth circus performer and roommate, Cubby, hates hi

When Nibbles, an inquisitive young mouse, scampers onto a waiting train at the local station, little does he know he is about to be swept along on a cross-country adventure. Nibbles travels across his homeland of Germany, picks up a new friend in Switzerland, samples the delights of French cuisine in Paris and finally ends up as the star performer in a circus in England! But then Nibbles begins to feel homesick. How will one little mouse find his way home again?Translated by Rachel Ward.

The heart-wrenching story of The Radium Girls meets the enchanting world of Howl’s Moving Castle, when two misfits discover the deadly secret to making starlight lace inside of a magical curiosity shop.It was a day for finding things...On the morning Twain, a lonely boy with a knack for danger, discovers a strand of starlight on the cliffs outside of Severon, a mysterious curiosity shop appears in town. Meanwhile, Quinta, the ordinary daughter of an extraordinary circus performer, chases rumors of the shop, the Vermilion Emporium, desperate for a way to live up to her mother’s magical legacy. When Quinta meets Twain outside of the Emporium, two things happen: One, Quinta is sure she’s infatuated with this starlight boy, who uses his charm to hide his scars. Two, they enter the store and discover a book that teaches them how to weave starlight into lace.Soon, their lace catches the eye of the Casorina, the ruler of Severon. She commissions Quinta and Twain to make her a starlight dress

Wink the Nimble Ninja is the star of the Lucky Dragon Circus! But-yawn-being a circus performer is hard work and-yawn-Wink is tired. It is time, Grandmother says, for Wink to take a nap. But every tim