The two children roam the countryside and let the dogs loose for a good run and very unfortunately, one of them — Darky, is lost! With his own great love for animals and his remarkable ability to make them trust him, Jimmy soon becomes a favourite with the circus folk and even wins the approval of the great Mr Galliano himself. What will the boy do with no companion to roam with in the hills when the dogs need to be taken out? I know it's wish-fulfillment stuff for the young, but if you want an interesting story of kids joining the circus, I recommend Circus Shoes. I was delighted to find a three-in-one Kindle edition (Mr Galliano's Circus, Hurrah for the Circus and Circus Days Again) of the series, as well as the Audible version.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Jimmy soon makes friends with lively, mischievous Lotta the bareback rider, Oona the acrobat and Sticky Stanley the clown, not to mention Jumbo the elephant, Jemima the monkey and Sammy the chimpanzee.A near fine book, with just one or two small spots, in a very good bright dustwrapper, which is clean and attractive, with small v shaped nick to the top edge, strengthened at rear by old tape. They have a lovely meal sitting outside Lotta's caravan — sausages and potatoes cooked in their jackets with butter and salt. Boards rubbed and marked, spine sunned with a closed tear to rear edge, pages foxed, coloured pencil colouring to illustration o page 73, otherwise, clean throughout. Poor Jimmy is resigned to the fact that he cannot attend the circus performance and that's the situation until Mr. She's by no means dumb, but kids in such an environment are so busy with performances and traveling that often there's no time for embellishments.

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In the meantime, Jimmy and Lotta take the dogs out for a walk and Lotta comments on the way they are attracted to the boy. Prelims have beeen neatly removed so no date but appears late 1960s possibly to remove library or school stamps as there is a small handwritten taped number to the spine suggesting this has been a library or school copy. Madame Prunella joins the show with her talking parrots, and so do three new clowns (Twinkle, Pippi and Google), a performing seal and twelve zebras.