Mirette on the High Wire-HB Children's Values Books On his first day of

On his first day of life

is at once simple

a garden comes alive with creatures

(New York Times)

That stick of gum sure looks like a mouth

Mirette on the High Wire-HB Children's Values Books On his first day ofOne day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau a sad faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini master wire walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold