The Humpherys Family

If I Ran the Circus

Record Added: 2/3/2022
Author 
Illustrator 
Setting United States
Topic Fantasy
 Poetry
Publisher Random House Publishers I
ISBN 0375861378   Year 1984
Age 4-8   Pages 72
Description Yellow printed dustjacket
 
Young Morris McGurk's has a BIG imagination. He wants to turn the vacant lot behind Sneelock's Store into the Circus McGurkus—the most colossal, stupendous, tremendous show in the world! Here you'll be entertained by bizarre creatures like the Drum-Tummied Snum, the Juggling Jott, and the Harp-Twanging Snarp, and fantastic circus acts performed by Sneelock—a sleepy shop keeper whom Morris images as the daredevil star of his big top! This is Dr. Seuss at his best, celebrating youthful imagination and creating a fantasy world that will delight and transport readers of all ages.
Notes
From estate sale, Ashton Idaho, June 2021.