Title: Mirette on the High Wire
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully
Genre: Children’s picture book
Sub-Genre: Fiction
Theme: Courage, Taking risks
Primary Characters: Mirette, Bellini,
Secondary Characters: Madame Giroux
Awards: Caldecott Medal; New York Times Best Illustrated Book
Publisher and Date of Publication: Penguin Group (USA), 4/28/1997
Summary:
One day, a stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau. The stranger is 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. She also doesn’t know that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. This is a great book to instill courage in your students.
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