Experience the Enchanting Adventure of Chris Van Dusen's 'The Circus Ship'

pat: Beautiful illustrations as expected from this author/illustrator..I would suggest this for ages 5 and up. Story is a bit long for younger toddlers.

United States on Sep 23, 2023

cmg: Beautiful artwork. Funny characters. We will have many years of entertainment reading this!
So clever as well!

United States on Sep 06, 2023

N. Berlucchi: We have owned this book for a long time. I now buy it for all the baby showers that ask you to bring a book. Even my 5th and 3rd grader still enjoy searching for the hidden animals when Mr. Paine comes looking.

United States on Apr 15, 2023

Reinbeauchaser: This book was recommended to me by a friend and I couldn't be more happy with the purchase! I purchased two, one for each of my two grandchildren. My granddaughter loves it! The story is based on a true event with some less savory details changed for a more happier ending. I found the illustrations top-notch and the poetic verse logical and entertaining. My granddaughter and grandson are both 2.5 years old (12 days apart, with my grandson the oldest), but this story still captivated them, especially when the animals had to disguise themselves while out and about in town. It makes a fun activity to try and find all of the animals. I know this book will grow with my grandchildren and will most like become a favored read. I highly recommend this book.

United States on Aug 25, 2022

Amazon Customer: Our kids particularly love the page where all the animals are hiding! Really love the rhyming and rhythmic text in this story!

Canada on Jan 28, 2022

Dave: What a delight to read this to kids ...

Canada on Jan 20, 2022

Yup: Our children enjoyed this book so much from the library we decided to purchase. We’ve also purchased as gifts for friend’s children with the ages between 3-7yrs. The story is very interesting. The book takes a few minutes to read. Each page holds our kids interest. The illustrations are very unique. There are lots of different animals in the story to search for on each page that our kids enjoy finding. Great book.

Canada on Aug 19, 2021

CG: My five year old loves this book - we’ve been reading it regularly for the past year. I like to give it as a gift to his friends on birthdays, etc

Canada on Feb 11, 2021

Sarah: Nice story with beautiful illustrations. There’s a animal hide-and-seek part at the end where you have to find them all camouflaged into the background which was fun

Canada on Feb 08, 2021

DIY Mom: I love Chris van Dusen's illustrations. I am an artist myself and i so appreciate a well illustrated child's book. I grew up with some really special, old and beautifully illustrated books myself and I would spend hours looking at the pictures. Van Dusen doesn't fail to include special details and lots of depth to his work. I like his rhymes and flow of his books, this one is no exception. Though it isn't about Mr. Magee, my children and I really loved the circus ship because of his special attention to every inch of a page and his colorful arrangements. I have 7 of the books he has illustrated, six he also wrote. I am an addict. I would love some of his original artwork, it's so fanciful and appealing.
I started with "a camping spree with Mr. Magee." When I was 20, I bought it thinking I would one day have kids...which I did, and then we got a vintage trailer too. It was truly an inspiration. We read Van Dusen's books on every vacation we take in our trailer or when we fly, our children look forward to story time when we travel thanks to his work. The books are light weight and the Mr. Magee books are very compact, so these make for excellent travel books.
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United States on Sep 12, 2016