TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCully,Emily Arnold
TI  - Mirette on the high wire
SN  - 0399221301 (lib. bdg.) :
AV  - PZ7.M478415 Mi 1992
PY  - 1992///
CY  - New York
PB  - G.P. Putnam s Sons
KW  - Illustrated children's books
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Tightrope walking
KW  - Fiction
N2  - Mirette lives in a boarding house surrounded by actors, dancers, jugglers and mimes. Her life is filled with exciting stories and fascinating people. None as magical as the stranger Mirette discovers crossing the courtyard on air--a tightrope walker. Mirette becomes the stranger's pupil and learns to walk the wire. Features brilliant watercolor and gouache paintings, reminiscent of the French Impressionists. 1993 Caldecott Medal winner
ER  -