Mirette on the High Wire
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Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold Mccully
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780399221309 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399221301 |
| Title | Mirette on the High Wire |
| Author | Emily Arnold Mccully |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 1992-10-21 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Winner of Caldecott Medal Winner., Winner of New York Times Best Illustrated Book. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |