The Circus Ship With stunning artwork, the illustrator of Kate DiCamillo's Mercy Watson books tells a tale of human-animal connection, with buoyant rhymes and brilliantly caricatured illustrations evoking the early 19th century. .

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Lupine Award. It was recognised by the Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award. It also was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It was recognised in the Primary School category by the Golden Sower Award. Also it was recognised by the Ladybug Picture Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Beehive Award. It was recognised by the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award. It was recognised by the Texas Reading List.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Candlewick Press, U. S. .

Chris Van Dusen has created illustrations that have been published in magazines and books and printed on T-shirts and greeting cards. He lives in Maine with his wife, two sons and, naturally a dog.