A young boy imagines the fantastic animals and incredible acts he will have for his greatest of all circuses.

Gypsies do not like to stay; they only come to go away. And they've taken Madeline and Pepito with them! Miss Clavel is beside herself, but Madeline and Pepito are having the time of their lives. They don't have to go to school, brush their teeth, or ever go to sleep. But soon Madeline and Pepito start to feel homesick. The gypsies don't want to let them go, so it's up to Miss Clavel to find Madeline and Pepito and bring them home.

After courageously swimming to shore when the ship that they are traveling on sinks and the wretched captain does nothing to rescue them, circus animals find a way to become a valued part of a coastal community.

Ten turkeys performing circus acts block a country road, much to the frustration of an angry farmer in a pick-up truck who tries to shoo them away.

In three brief stories, Ivy, the younger of two fox sisters, goes along with her older sister's schemes, even when they seem a bit daring.

From the parade, complete with clowns, to the stunts-diving, baton twirling, a high-wire act-everyone in Miss Bindergarten's class gets to be a star.

"To escape a burning building, Zapfino must confront the fears that forced him out of the circus." --

After being tricked into joining the circus, an arrogant lion escapes and returns to the jungle where he lives peacefully with the animals he used to terrorize.

"Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she's throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh... It's a surprise! Then Betty and her best friends, Mae and Jeffrey, have the best idea of all: what if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! A humongous, tremendous, stupendous circus!  But after an unexpected turn of events, Betty will have to use her busy brain...

Characters locate a variety of hidden objects as they make a toy circus.