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1992 picture book by Emily Arnold McCully

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Mirette on the High Wire
Front cover showing the Caldecott Medal, designed by Emily A. McCully
Author	Emily Arnold McCully
Illustrator	Emily Arnold McCully
Cover artist	McCully
Genre	Children's picture book
Publisher	Putnam Books
Publication date	1992
Publication place	United States
ISBN	978-0-399-22130-9
OCLC	24544979
Dewey Decimal	20
LC Class	PZ7.M478415 Mi 1992

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.

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.

References

American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed 27 May 2009.
Klein, Alvin (August 9, 1998). "THEATER; 'Mirette' at Goodspeed Opera House". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
Kenrick, John (December 2005). "Mirette. The York Theatre Company, NYC". musicals101.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

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Awards
Preceded byTuesday	Caldecott Medal recipient 1993	Succeeded byGrandfather's Journey

v t e Caldecott Medal–winning works
1938–1950	Animals of the Bible (1938) Mei Li (1939) Abraham Lincoln (1940) They Were Strong and Good (1941) Make Way for Ducklings (1942) The Little House (1943) Many Moons (1944) Prayer for a Child (1945) The Rooster Crows (1946) The Little Island (1947) White Snow, Bright Snow (1948) The Big Snow (1949) Song of the Swallows (1950)
1951–1975	The Egg Tree (1951) Finders Keepers (1952) The Biggest Bear (1953) Madeline's Rescue (1954) Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1955) Frog Went A-Courtin' (1956) A Tree Is Nice (1957) Time of Wonder (1958) Chanticleer and the Fox (1959) Nine Days to Christmas (1960) Baboushka and the Three Kings (1961) Once a Mouse (1962) The Snowy Day (1963) Where the Wild Things Are (1964) May I Bring a Friend? (1965) Always Room for One More (1966) Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (1967) Drummer Hoff (1968) The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1969) Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970) A Story, a Story (1971) One Fine Day (1972) The Funny Little Woman (1973) Duffy and the Devil (1974) Arrow to the Sun (1975)
1976–2000	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1976) Ashanti to Zulu (1977) Noah's Ark (1978) The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (1979) Ox-Cart Man (1980) Fables (1981) Jumanji (1982) Shadow (1983) The Glorious Flight (1984) Saint George and the Dragon (1985) The Polar Express (1986) Hey, Al (1987) Owl Moon (1988) Song and Dance Man (1989) Lon Po Po (1990) Black and White (1991) Tuesday (1992) Mirette on the High Wire (1993) Grandfather's Journey (1994) Smoky Night (1995) Officer Buckle and Gloria (1996) Golem (1997) Rapunzel (1998) Snowflake Bentley (1999) Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (2000)
2001–present	So You Want to Be President? (2001) The Three Pigs (2002) My Friend Rabbit (2003) The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2004) Kitten's First Full Moon (2005) The Hello, Goodbye Window (2006) Flotsam (2007) The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2008) The House in the Night (2009) The Lion & the Mouse (2010) A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2011) A Ball for Daisy (2012) This is Not My Hat (2013) Locomotive (2014) The Adventures of Beekle (2015) Finding Winnie (2016) Radiant Child (2017) Wolf in the Snow (2018) Hello Lighthouse (2019) The Undefeated (2020) We Are Water Protectors (2021) Watercress (2022) Hot Dog (2023) Big (2024)

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