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Clifford displays a host of talents when the circus comes to town.

In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and an uncle of whose existence he was previously unaware. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and his involvement with a union bring trouble. He then joins a circus in hopes of finding his father.

A young boy imagines the fantastic animals and incredible acts he will have for his greatest of all circuses.

Cam's scatterbrained aunt is always losing things, but when Aunt Molly can't find her wallet at the circus, Cam's sure there's a thief under the big top. It looks like the clown is the culprit, but he seems to have disappeared without a trace. Or has he?

Pepito, son of the Spanish ambassador, and Madeline, rescued by gypsies during a storm, travel and perform with their wandering friends until they again find Miss Clavel.

Staying behind when their circus moves on, a young clown and a troupe of baby animals put on a special Christmas Eve show for an Italian village too poor to celebrate the holiday.

Ginger the dog loves performing in the circus, but she is unable to summon the courage for a new trick until she finds the little girl companion about whom she has been dreaming.

Traces the history of circuses from the time of ancient Egypt and Greece through their evolution in eighteenth-century Europe to the spectacles created by P.T. Barnum and other modern-day showmen.

Describes how circus horses are trained to perform a variety of feats, including precision teamwork, carrying a pyramid of humans, and stunt riding.