Theme: Circus

Peanut

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When an old lady finds a small elephant in the park, she names him Peanut. She takes him home and treat him like a pet dog. Peanut’s not like other dogs and another walk in the park reveals that he’s missing from the circus. When Peanut returns home, the old lady is sad again, until [...]

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The Greatest Show off Earth

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Delphinium spends her tenth birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against the dark forces who are bent on stamping out fun.

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Maddigan’s Fantasia

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When twelve-year-old Garland Maddigan asks Timon and Eden where they have come from, she is overwhelmed by their answer: the future.In a post-apocalyptic time, Garland’s family’s traveling circus troop, Maddigan’s Fantasia, leaves the city of Solis once a year to perform and earn a living. However, this year Solis has given the Fantasia the crucial [...]

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Dimity Dumpty: The Story Of Humpty’s Little Sister

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 20, 2007

What happened to Humpty Dumpty is the stuff of legend. But how many know of his brave little sister? While the Tumbling Dumpties, the family traveling circus troupe, is doing acts of spectacular daring, Dimity stays far from the spotlight, playing tunes on her tiny flute. But when Humpty falls off the wall where he’s [...]

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