Long Road to the Circus by Betsy Bird

Long Road to the Circus by Betsy Bird

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES

The story of a girl who rides an ostrich straight to her dreams from the award-winning writer and librarian Betsy Bird, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist David Small.
 
"[A] charming, wacky novel." --The New York Times

Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles is tired of summers filled with chores on her family farm in Burr Oak, Michigan, and desperate to see the world. When her wayward uncle moves back home to the farm, only to skip his chores every morning for mysterious reasons, Suzy decides to find out what he's up to once and for all. And that's when she meets legendary former circus queen Madame Marantette and her ostriches. Before long, Suzy finds herself caught-up in the fast-paced, hilarious world of ostrich riding, a rollicking adventure that just might be her ticket out of Burr Oak.

"Beautifully told by one of our best librarians." --Jon Scieszka, First National Ambassador of Young People's Literature

Betsy Bird is the Evanston Public Library's Collection Development Manager and a former Young Materials Specialist at the New York Public Library. Betsy writes reviews for Kirkus and was a member of the Newbery Prize committee in 2007. Her children's literature blog, A Fuse #8 Production, is sponsored by School Library Journal. Betsy is the author of the picture book Giant Dance Party (Greenwillow, 2013), which was illustrated by Brandon Dorman, and a co-author of the nonfiction book Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children's Fiction (Candlewick, 2014), which she co-wrote with Julie Danielson and Peter Sieruta.

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ISBN 13	9780593303931
ISBN 10	0593303938
Title	Long Road to the Circus
Author	Betsy Bird
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2021-10-05
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.