A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...

Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet so Gerald must be patient.

Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

Gerald believes he is allergic to his best friend! Will he have to stay away from Piggie forever?

Piggie introduces his reluctant friend, Gerald the elephant, to the wonderful world of pretend.

Uncle Elephant comes to the rescue when his nephew's parents are lost at sea and cares for him until they are found again.

Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.

"Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. In Happy Pig Day! Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year! But will Gerald the Elephant be included in the festivities?"--

"Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?"--

In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit. Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...