Mirette On the High Wire
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- Synopsis
- Winner of the 1993 Caldecott Medal. One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at the boardinghouse of the widow Gâteau-a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini- master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold McCully's sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris, and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 28 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/25/05
- Copyrighted By:
- Emily Arnold McCully
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Entertainment, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Shelley L. Rhodes
- Proofread By:
- Mike Pietruk
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.