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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
"Don't say 'Moscow' it's dangerous!"
"Gonna dream about Bellini!"
"On the wire?"
"Yeah!"
"Would you ever go up on the wire like Bellini?"
"No, don't wanna fall."
"Gonna dream about Bellini!"
"On the wire?"
"Yeah!"
"Would you ever go up on the wire like Bellini?"
"No, don't wanna fall."
Bellini has performed many daring walks on the high wire, but fear holds him back from pursuing what he loves. Mirette, the daughter of the innkeeper at the bed and breakfast Bellini is staying at, helps him conquer his fear and becomes his pupil. Artwork looks like watercolor paintings and highlights Bellini's legendary feats and foretells the future with a poaster advertising Mirette and Bellini as wire walkers.
i love the story the wordless final page tells about their future!
great mutual role model story, very engaging narratively as well
great mutual role model story, very engaging narratively as well
An adorable tale of how a young girl faced her fears and brought a community of unlikely friends together.
Four stars simply because I remember doing a book "report" (the report was to do a watercolor image) in elementary school.
Since all the wonderful aspects of the books are already talked about in the previous reviews - the gorgeous watercolour illustrations, the uplifting vibe of the story and the reinforcement of the idea that you don't just give you if you don't succeed at first - I will talk about the impression it left on my tinies, especially my daughter. I just brought out the book and casually left it on the their reading shelf without mentioning anything about it. My daughter was immediately drawn to the book, probably because of image of Mirette on that high wire, and insisted we read it first. She was extremely thrilled wire-walking by the time we finished. And when Monsieur Bellini commends her for being persistent and not giving up, she immediately said, "Mummy, she is just like that Little Blue Engine, isn't she!" I don't know if it is a good enough book to deserve the Caldecott Medal. May be it is not, especially not from the perspective of an adult who has read a lot by the time this one reaches their reading pile. But for my 4 year old, the book probably achieved what it set out to do when it was published for the first time. We certainly love this one! ❤️
A sweet, beautifully illustrated story. I would have liked to know what caused Bellini's fear in the first place, though; the story is rather lacking without that information.
My first graders loved this story! but with all the european names, it was hard for them to fill out a story web/pronounce them :)
Literally just to finish my reading challenge lolz