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Mirette on the high wire

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Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.

Main Author: McCully, Emily Arnold,
Other Authors: G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnamʼs Sons, [1992]
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series: Caldecott.
Subjects:
Tightrope walking -- Juvenile fiction.
Girls -- Juvenile fiction.
Performance anxiety -- Juvenile fiction.
Fear -- Juvenile fiction.
Determination (Personality trait) -- Juvenile fiction.
Learning -- Juvenile fiction.
Ability -- Juvenile fiction.
Performing arts -- Juvenile fiction.
Daredevils -- Juvenile fiction.
Boardinghouses -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, American -- 20th century.
Caldecott Medal.
Tightrope walking -- Fiction.
Fear -- Fiction.
Online Access: Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecott
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecott

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