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Mirette on the High Wire
Emily Arnold McCully's vivid impressionistic watercolors bring nineteenth-century Paris to life with the story of Mirette, a spirited, risk-taking little girl. Mirette enables the former high-wire star Bellini to conquer his fear while achieving her own dream. Light, color, line, and movement in these animated and bold illustrations are in perfect balance with the text.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1993 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780399221309
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Working Cotton
Carole Byard's dramatic paintings portray the dignity of hard work and the strength of family relationships that are part of this migrant family's life. From the first glimpses of a streaky dawn to the red twilight, powerful, glowing portraits and landscapes poignantly complement the child's poetic depiction of the long workday.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780152996246