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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey launches 'Reading With Ringling Bros.!' Library Reading Program at Van Alstyne Public Library
By Juanita Hazleton
Jun 1, 2007

Summer reading program allows kids to dream big and earn free circus tickets!

 

Kids, are you interested in reading some cool library books during the hot Texas summer? Are you interested in earning a FREE circus ticket at the same time?  After a highly successful inaugural year in 2006, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will once again be hosting some serious fun with “Reading with Ringling Bros.!” at Metroplex libraries this summer, including the Van Alstyne Public Library.

    

The reading program, sponsored by KDFW FOX 4 and Radio Disney AM 620, is easy and fun for kids to participate.  The best part is that kids can earn a free circus ticket to any DFW Ringling Bros. performance in August by simply doing their library reading!  Kids will even receive cool bookmarks, clown noses, puzzles and coloring sheets, too!  This unique library reading program will encourage children not only to read, but also to discover, dream and learn!  It allows them to DREAM BIG!  For more information on the program and the more than 135 participating Dallas/Fort Worth libraries, visit www.ReadingwithRingling.com.

    

Want to learn what it takes to soar on the flying trapeze or just what goes into those cream pies that the clowns throw?  Or maybe learn some fun facts about one of the more than 100 cities the mile-long circus train visits or how to teach your old dog a new trick?  It’s easy!  Just visit the Van Alstyne library and enjoy the magic of reading.

    

Ringling Bros. is putting the “awe” back in awesome in the ALL-NEW, ALL-Live 136th Edition of The Greatest Show On Earth – Circus of Dreams!  Circus of Dreams is Ringling’s newest show representing the most dramatic production changes in 50 years.  The 136th Edition is an exciting production that gives families a more intimate, interactive experience with every seat closer to the action.

    

Ringling Bros. is coming to American Airlines Center, august 1-12, and Fort Worth Convention Center, August 15-19.  For more information on this year’s production, visit www.ringling.com.  You and your family can learn more about the stars of this new Ringling Bros. production including acrobatic troupes hailing from two Chinese provinces; Herkules—the world’s strongest man; equestrian Cossack riders; Vicenta Pages and her amazing tigers; the death-defying aerial artistry of Super Silva; and the Torres Family roaring action inside the infamous steel sphere of motorcycle mania.

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