In my memory, it smells like grass, diesel fuel motors, and funnel cake. We always went at night, and I kept finding myself automatically setting all the circus scenes at night, even when it didn’t make any sense. And I was also influenced by my memories of the local fair that my parents took me to see every year when I was little. It's a very fun and enjoyable book with an excellent narration, and its magic will leave both children and adults smiling.I spent a lot of time daydreaming about all the things I would like to have at a magic circus. (And presuming, of course, that the adults running Circus Mirandus were once children themselves.) But despite not buying some of the sentimentality, I can still get behind the charm of this story, and am excited to share it with my kids. It seems disingenuous and hopeless, since all children grow up. I'm a little uncomfortable with one of the themes in the story being that only children can see and accept magic, and that performing it for them is what keeps magic in the world. Now, Micah is hoping to find Circus Mirandus and the Lightbender again, in hopes of saving his Grandpa's life. Grandpa Ephraim went to Circus Mirandus as a young boy, and it changed his life.
The story centers around Micah and his grandfather, and the ties that knot them together - their belief in Circus Mirandus. The story itself centers on family and friendship, and carries a weight of emotion that is punctuated by Pinchot's incredible reading. Darque, Circus Mirandus' main attraction is The Man Who Bends Light, or the Lightbender. In some ways, Beasley's circus is the opposite of Pandemonium: it aims to bring miracles and joy to children. This is a story that should please children of all ages - including those (older) among us who loved Ray Bradbury.
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