Show Must Go On!: Volume 1 (Three-Ring Rascals) - Tapa blanda

Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise have collaborated on numerous award-winning middle-grade and picture-book projects, including Regarding the Fountain and 43 Old Cemetery Road series. Kate lives in Norwood, Missouri. She visits more than seventy school classrooms a year. Sarah Klise lives in Berkeley, California. Visit www.kateandsarahklise.com and www.threeringrascals.com for more information. (By the way, Klise rhymes with mice.)

When Sir Sidney, a kindly old circus owner, becomes too tired to travel with his show, he puts an ad in the newspaper. Enter Barnabas Brambles: I have a degree in lion taming from the University of Piccadilly Circus. But does Leo the lion need taming? Will Elsa the elephant still get her gourmet peanuts? What will Brambles say when he discovers Bert and Gert, the two mice who travel with the circus on popcorn cleanup patrol? There will be no vermin in my circus! His circus?

Brambles has big plans: More cities! More shows! No more free popcorn. Soon he s made a big mess of Sir Sidney s Circus, but Leo, Elsa, Bert, Gert, and the rest of the performers agree: The Show Must Go On!

Smafunderful (smart + fun + wonderful). Kirkus Reviews

A sweetly nutty kickoff to the Klise sisters Three-Ring Rascals series. Cartoon spot illustrations play up the comical mood . . . in this free-spirited story that concludes with a lesson in kindness and a promise of more fun to come. Publishers Weekly

Humor is apparent in every detail, from the smallest conversational exchanges to the extravagantly silly set pieces that mark the book s major plot points. Readers will eagerly await the next volume of over-the-(big)-top hijinks. The Horn Book

Visit ThreeRingRascals.com to join Sir Sidney s Circus.