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Mirette on the High Wire Paperback - 1997

by Emily Arnold McCully

Mirette was always fascinated by the strange and interesting people who stayed in her mother's boarding house. But no one excited her as much as Bellini, who walks the clothesline with the grace and ease of a bird. When Mirette discovers that fear has kept him from performing for years, she sets out to show him that sometimes a student can be the greatest teacher of all. Full color.

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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.

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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.

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  • Title Mirette on the High Wire
  • Author Emily Arnold McCully
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books, New York, NY
  • Date 1997-04-14
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780698114432 / 0698114434
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.23 x 7.98 x 0.15 in (25.98 x 20.27 x 0.38 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 660
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: Classics
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Tightrope walking
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91036324
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

About the author

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 (c) 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.

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