Li'l Genius #33

A young inventor's homemade bone detector leads to a surprise circus ticket, and when a lion tamer loses control of his big cats during a performance, Ollie seizes the chance to prove himself—but his unorthodox approach to animal handling may not be what the circus ringmaster had in mind. With his mother's reluctant blessing, Ollie joins the circus as "the Boy Wonder," though his methods threaten to turn the "wildest act in the world" into something altogether different.

When young Ollie gets a second chance at the circus caring for Violet the elephant, he teams up with Julio, a fellow performer struggling with his fears, to train her into a fierce act that'll impress Mr. Vargas. But when the pair spot what they believe is a thief raiding the circus safe, they unleash Violet's newly learned intimidation tactics—with consequences neither boy anticipated.

When Ollie invites his circus-performer friends Julio and Violet to stay at his house after they lose their jobs, his parents get far more than they bargained for—especially when Violet, an elephant, becomes an unexpected houseguest. What begins as a simple favor turns into a wild few days of mishaps, midnight cooking, and the chaos that comes with sheltering a very large animal under one roof. This warm, funny tale captures the good-natured mayhem of making room for friends, no matter how unusual the circumstances.

Leon, a chameleon with grand claims about his dinosaur ancestry, finds himself mocked by the other animals in the woods—until a boy searching for a pet arrives. When the boy overlooks the other creatures and chooses Leon specifically, the skeptical animals realize there was truth to his boasts all along. It's a heartwarming tale about how sometimes the smallest, scrawniest among us might just have something special worth discovering.

When Mr. Vargas offers circus work to young Ollie and his friends, they audition as clowns—but Julio harbors a secret dream of becoming a gondolier like he imagined back in Venice. As the tryout unfolds and prospects grow uncertain, Ollie discovers an unexpected way to help his friend find the life he's always wanted.