This book was originally written in 1961.  This new edition with new artwork is celebrating 60 years of the book and the press from which it came.  This book is a bit sad, but that sad with a happy ending type of sad (like Dumbo).  A group of circus animals and one clown said “no” one day at work and left out on their own. They started a new circus and did things they wanted to do, rather than things they had to do.  This story in a way bring to light somethings in a workforce that usually user in unions.  This is a story of its times, but it still has connections to today.