Mirette on the High Wire is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully.

Published in 1992, the book tells the story of Mirette, a French girl who learns to walk on the tightrope.

McCully won the 1993 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations.

One day her life is changed by a man named Bellini, a famous tightrope walker, who teaches Mirette how to walk on a tightrope.

[2][3] A 1993 animated cartoon short narrated by the author was released by Scholastic Inc., and Weston Woods.