{"id":1677,"date":"2015-03-29T19:32:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T19:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:24:58","slug":"the-circus-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1677","title":{"rendered":"The Circus Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4026-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4026\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4026-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4026-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Five miles off the coast of Maine<br \/>\nand slightly overdue,<br \/>\na circus ship was steaming south<br \/>\nin fog as thick as stew.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is something about Chris Van Dusen&#8211;I&#8217;m not sure if it is his bouncy rhymes or his bright, beautiful pictures&#8211;but the boys go wild for his books.  We haven&#8217;t had this book terribly long, but it is very frequently requested and seems on track to be as popular as perpetual favorite <em>If I Built a Car<\/em>.  In it, fifteen circus animals find new, much improved, homes on an island in Maine when the ship they are traveling on sinks (finding the animals on the pages is a large part of the fun).  <\/p>\n<p>Caveat:  The inspiration for this happy story was incredibly grim; Mr. Van Dusen has completely reimagined a true story of an awful shipwreck.  Therefore, I suggest saving the author&#8217;s note in the back of the book for adults.  <\/p>\n<p>Author:  Chris Van Dusen<br \/>\nIllustrator:  Chris Van Dusen<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=insofadog-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=076363090X&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=FFFFFF&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;npa=1&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five miles off the coast of Maine and slightly overdue, a circus ship was steaming south in fog as thick as stew. There is something about Chris Van Dusen&#8211;I&#8217;m not sure if it is his bouncy rhymes or his bright, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1677\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[119,769,67,66,10,595,664],"class_list":["post-1677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books","tag-animals","tag-caveat","tag-chris-van-dusen","tag-if-i-built-a-car","tag-machines","tag-the-circus-ship","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1677"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1687,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions\/1687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}