from the Dust Jacket Description: Come to the circus and see the clowns! Meet in this book all those wonderful people who make the circus the enchanting place that it is. Look at clowns in tramp costumes, clowns with dogs and geese and little pigs, clowns with tiny hats and huge feet, juggling clowns, and clowns whose noses light up for all the boys and girls. Circus Clowns on Parade has all the color and excitement of the circus. It introduces each famous clown of today and describes his special act, It also tells how clowns began and what the first circus was like. This is a book for circus fans young or old, The delightful illustrations were drawn from life by the author.