Circus & Carnival Books of the 1940s
The 18 most-read circus & carnival books first published between 1940 and 1949, led by Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946), Thurber Carnival (1940) and Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [21 stories, 34 poems] (1940).
This list collects 18 books from the 1940s by 14 authors, published between 1940 and 1948. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
18 books

Five Go Off in a Caravan
Enid Blyton

Thurber Carnival
James Thurber
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Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [21 stories, 34 poems]
Edgar Allan Poe

Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham

Walt Disney's Dumbo
Helen Aberson

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe

Circus Days Again
Enid Blyton

Come to the Circus!
Enid Blyton

Chad Hanna
Walter D. Edmonds

Chicken Chuck
Bill Martin Jr.

Freddy the Pied Piper
Walter R. Brooks, Kurt Wiese

Pancakes-Paris
Claire Huchet Bishop

Tales of Mystery & Imagination
Edgar Allan Poe

The great Geppy
William Pène Du Bois

Galactic Heritage
Frank Belknap Long

The Kellyhorns
Barbara Cooney

The story of Christina
Hope Hockenberry Newell

High Stepper
Helen Orr Watson