The Circus Baby: A Picture Book

by Miska Petersham and Maud Petersham

Book Overview

The simplest elements often make the most enduring stories, as they have in this classic tale of a baby elephant whose mother tries to school him in human table manners. Three-color art. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689712952
• ISBN13: 9780689712951
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Maud and Miska Petersham classic

Any child who has ever felt that he or she doesn't fit in somehow will get a secret charge out of reading Maud and Miska Petersham's wonderful and empathetic "The Circus Baby."Mama Elephant so admires her friends the clown family that she decides that Baby Elephant should emulate them--to the point of sitting in a chair and using a spoon while eating. Of course Baby Elephant has a terribly difficult time with this, to the point that he inadvertently topples over the clown family's tent! All is forgiven, and Mama Elephant lets Baby be himself.The Petershams' illustrations are even better than the sweet text. Giving off a wonderful 1930s visual flavor, they employ sure lines and bright colors to heighten the circus atmosphere. All in all, a delight!