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First edition. 1993 Caldecott Medal Winner! Young Mirette discovers that one of her mothers lodgers is none other than the Great Bellini one the master wire-walker, but now brought down to earth by a terrible fear. How Mirette and Bellini each teach the other courage and fortitude makes for a moving, unforgettable adventure! Emily Arnold McCullys sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.
