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Mirette on the High Wire
1992 picture book by Emily Arnold McCully From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
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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.
Musical
Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long-running off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, created a musical version of the book in 1996.[2][3]
In film
A 1993 animated cartoon short narrated by the author was released by Scholastic Inc., and Weston Woods.
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