- Tightrope walking, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Caldecott Medal
Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
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Earnest, classical in form, intimate and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Emily Arnold McCully
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Ge lin wen hua, Grimm Press Ltd., G.P. Putnams Sons
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, French, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780590476935
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“One hundred years ago in Paris, when theaters and music halls drew travel players from all over the world, the best place to stay was at the widow Gateau's, a boardinghouse on English Street.”
Emily Arnold McCully (born July 1, 1939) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's books. She won the annual Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration in 1993 recognizing Mirette on the High Wire which she also wrote.
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