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Issue Details

Issue #v2#7
Published March 1955
Cover Price 1.50 USD/12 issues
Pages 28
Notes Educational advisors: Helen Bunker, Dr. Jeanne Chall, Dr. Amo de Bernardis, Helen Heffernan, Lillian D. Martin, Dr. F. Dean McClusky, Dr. W. A. Wittich; Editor: Roberta Strauss; Managing Editor: Meyer A. Kaplan; Art Director: Alex A. Blum; Feature Editor: Edward Lavitt

Cover Details - "Life in the Circus"

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Notes Educational advisors: Helen Bunker, Dr. Jeanne Chall, Dr. Amo de Bernardis, Helen Heffernan, Lillian D. Martin, Dr. F. Dean McClusky, Dr. W. A. Wittich; Editor: Roberta Strauss; Managing Editor: Meyer A. Kaplan; Art Director: Alex A. Blum; Feature Editor: Edward Lavitt

1 page Life in the Circus activity "Word Puzzle"

Synopsis Word puzzle about circus terms, credits, indicia
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Notes Inside front cover

22 page Life in the Circus story "Life in the Circus"

Characters Claude Cobrette; Tanyo [lion]; Mr. Cobrette; Hilda Cobrette; Bruno; Mike; Dr. Phillips; Otto Branburg; Lili; Meela [lion]
Synopsis Claude Cobrette, son of an animal trainer and trapeze artist, earns the right to perform with his father. The reader learns about circus traveling, animal training, clowns and more.
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1 page Life in the Circus activity "Picture Progress Quiz"

Characters Claude Cobrette; Tanyo [lion]; Otto Branburg
Synopsis Multiple choice quiz about the circus
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1 page Life in the Circus activity "A 3-D Circus Animal Act"

Characters Claude Cobrette; Tanyo [lion]
Synopsis Instructions for building a cut-out circus model; answers to puzzles
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1 page Life in the Circus activity "Choose One"

Characters Claude Cobrette; Tanyo [lion]
Synopsis Number puzzle based on a circus theme
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Notes Inside back cover

1 page Life in the Circus (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Do You Know That..."

Synopsis Facts about the first circus, clowns, training bears and seals, and animal acts
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Notes Back cover