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

On his first day of life

That stick of gum sure looks like a mouth

and twenty-one baby frogs each have something to say

a garden comes alive with creatures

A classic friendship story from the beloved Eric Carle

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