Mirette_on_the_High_Wire

Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: Putnam
Date: 1992
Awards: Caldecott Medal book (1993)
Ages: 4-8
Topics: picture book, tightrope walkig, Paris, France, persistence, fear, balance, historical fiction
Summary: In late 1800s Paris, Mirette learns to tightrope walk from celebrated tightrope artist Monsieur Bellini.

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• Mirette on the High Wire from Wikipedia

Topic Connections

Tightrope Walking

• Tightrope walking from Wikipedia
• Tightrope walking images from Wikimedia Commons

Learning Connections

• Tightrope Walking. Try it! Can you tightrope walk?
• Science of Tightrope Walking. How does it work? Why are you able to balance on a tightrope? Why do people use their hands? Explore balance, motion, and gravity. Create an experiment.

Teaching Connections

• Mirette on the High Wire from Scholastic
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• Mirette on the High Wire from Beacon Lesson Plan Library
• Mirette on the High Wire from TheHomeSchoolMom
• Multiculture Autiobio Poem from Electronic Magazine
• Balance and Motion

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