![]() ![]() ![]() They are surprised to find out that he is a clown and a trapeze artist. They set out to find their unknown Uncle Gus, who travels with Cob's Circus. Plot summary Īfter an unusually sheltered upbringing by their old-fashioned and snobbish aunt, 11-year-old Santa and her 12-year-old brother Peter are faced with the prospect of separate orphanages when she dies. American editions and some later British editions are titled Circus Shoes. For this novel, Streatfeild was awarded the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. ![]() It was first published in 1938 with illustrations by Steven Spurrier. The Circus Is Coming is a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild, about the working life of a travelling circus. ![]()
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