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Mirette on the High Wire

Mirette on the High Wire - Hardcover

by Emily Arnold McCully
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Availability:In StockContributor:Emily Arnold McCullyTheme:Theometrics/SecularAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:1992-10-21Pages:32
Languages:EnglishPublisher:G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780399221309ISBN-10:399221301UPC:9780399221309Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Performing Arts, Social ThemesBook Topic:Circus, Emotions & FeelingsAward:1993 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book AwardSize:11.32 x 8.22 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.92Product ID:SCQRA4Y46H
One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- 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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780399221309ISBN-10:399221301UPC:9780399221309Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Performing Arts, Social ThemesBook Topic:Circus, Emotions & FeelingsAward:1993 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book AwardSize:11.32 x 8.22 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.92Product ID:SCQRA4Y46H
Emily Arnold McCully was born in Galesburg, Illinois, and grew up "a daredevil child," always climbing trees or buildings. She made it to college intact, however, and received her B.A. from Brown University and an M.A. in art history from Columbia University.

Emily McCully's artwork has been included in the International Biennale at Bratislava, and she has won a Christopher Award for Picnic, one of the many picture books that she has both written and illustrated.

Writing also for adults, Ms. McCully has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. Her book, A Craving was nominated for an American Book Award.

The idea for Mirette on the High Wire began as a biography of real-life daredevil Blondin. But the author changed her mind to accomodate the tree-climbing child and risk-taking adult she was and is.

copyright ? 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.


Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

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🏆 1993 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book Award

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Emily Arnold McCully

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Emily Arnold McCully

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