Mirette on the High Wire [SEP] illustrator
Mirette on the High Wire
Mirette on the High Wire is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Published in 1992, the book tells the story of Mirette, a French girl who learns to walk on the tightrope. McCully won the 1993 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations.
Plot summary.
Mirette lives in a boarding house in France. One day her life is changed by a man named Bellini, a famous tightrope walker, who teaches Mirette how to walk on a tightrope.
- "Mirette on the High Wire" (1992)
- "Starring Mirette & Bellini" (1997)
- "Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls" (2000)
- "The Pirate Queen" (1998)
- "Hurry!" (2000)
- "Mouse Practice" (2001)
- "The orphan singer" (2002)
- "Battle for St. Michaels" (2002)
- "Picnic" (2003)
- "First Snow" (2004