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.American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present . URL accessed 27 May 2009.
Plot summary Mirette lives in her mother's boarding house in Paris. One day her life is changed by a man named Bellini, a famous tightrope walker, who teaches Mirette how to walk on a tightrope. Bellini has stopped performing because he is afraid, but Mirette helps him overcome his fear, and they perform together for happy crowds.
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.
In film A 1993 animated cartoon short narrated by the author was released by Scholastic Inc., and Weston Woods.
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