| Synopsis: |
Learn about life in the circus, past and present, and why circus skills are more popular than ever. Find out which skills people are learning today. Check out the dangerous acts, like fire-eating, sword-swallowing and tightrope tricks. Read how one person was even crazy enough to cook breakfast, on a high-wire above the Niagara Falls. Then read the short story You're a Natural, and find out how Sam finally achieves her circus dream.Glitz! Glamour! Drama! Delve into the fanatstic world of performing arts with this book from the Starstruck series. Filled with rich photographs and illustrations, this book is ideal for children who have an interest in an aspect of the world behind the stage curtain.Circus Skills is ideal for reluctant readers aged 8 to 14 with a reading age of 6 - 7 years. |