Other Books by Sara Gruen
Available Formats of Water for Elephants
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Other Books by Sara Gruen in OCPL’s Collection 
Flying Changes
Riding Lessons

Available formats in OCPL's Collection for
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 
Regular Print
Large Print
Book Club Kit
Audiobook
Spanish

If you liked Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen,
you might like: 

Fiction 

The Circus in Winter
by Cathy Day 

Geek Love
by Katherine Dunn 

Hannah’s Dream: A Novel
by Diane Coplin Hammond 

Ghost Boy
by Iain Lawrence 

The Blue Moon Circus
by Michael Raleigh 

The Aerialist: A Novel
by Richard Schmitt 

Biography 

P. T. Barnum: The Legend and the Man
by A. H. Saxon 

Josser: Days and Nights in the Circus
by Nell Stroud 

Films 

Carnivale (DVD – Television Series) 

The First of May (DVD) 

The Greatest Show on Earth (DVD)

Learn more about circus culture & history: 

Ringlingville USA: The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings and Their Stunning Circus Success
by Jerold W. Apps 

Side Show: My Life With Geeks, Freaks and Vagabonds in the Carny Trade
by Howard Bone 

The American Circus: An Illustrated History
by John Culhane 

Women of Illusion: A Circus Family’s Story
by Donnalee Frega 

Mud Show: American Tent Circus Life
by Edwin Martin 

Two Hundred Years of the American Circus: From Aba-Daba to Zoppe-Zavatta Troupe
by Tom Ogden 

Wild, Weird and Wonderful: The American Circus 1901-1927: as seen by F. W. Glasier, photographer
by Mark Sloan 

Learn more about elephants: 

The Astonishing Elephant
by Shana Alexander 

The Art of Being an Elephant
by Christine Denis-Huot 

Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History
by Karl Groning 

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