Mirette on the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully

Mirette on the High Wire

Author: Emily Arnold McCully
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Book Title
Mirette on the High Wire
Author
Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN
9780399221309
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.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Emily Arnold McCullyPublisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young ReadersPublished: 10/21/1992ISBN: 9780399221309Pages: 32Weight: 0.92lbsSize: 11.32h x 8.22w x 0.38dAward: Caldecott Medal - WinnerReview Citations: Booklist 11/15/1992 pg. 609Booklist 03/15/1993 pg. 1326School Library Journal 10/01/1992 pg. 92Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1992 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In StylePublishers Weekly 10/26/1992Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 6335 / Mirette on the High WireReading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/21/1992
ISBN: 9780399221309
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 11.32h x 8.22w x 0.38d
Award: Caldecott Medal - Winner

Review Citations: Booklist 11/15/1992 pg. 609
Booklist 03/15/1993 pg. 1326
School Library Journal 10/01/1992 pg. 92
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1992 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Publishers Weekly 10/26/1992

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 6335 / Mirette on the High Wire
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/21/1992
ISBN: 9780399221309
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 11.32h x 8.22w x 0.38d
Award: Caldecott Medal - Winner

Review Citations: Booklist 11/15/1992 pg. 609
Booklist 03/15/1993 pg. 1326
School Library Journal 10/01/1992 pg. 92
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1992 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Publishers Weekly 10/26/1992

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 6335 / Mirette on the High Wire
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5