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"""Picture book biography Harry and The High Wire takes place during Houdini's childhood, when he became enthralled with a tightrope walking act at the circus. For an ordinary boy, this taste of the extraordinary sparked his first interest in the performative arts... The fully fold-out book is cleverly laid out so that the art continues on the pages that eventually lay out to 4 meters wide (that's 157.48 inches to us Americans). The art flows to these wider spreads with a lamp wire becoming a clothesline, flowing into a tree and then a tightrope. The engaging drawings feature different points of view, including an aerial shot looking down at Harry on the high-wire. Great attention to detail gives the art a welcoming, familiar feel. One side of the fold-out is the story of Harry learning to walk the high wire; the other side offers a peek into some of his amazing tricks, a timeline, and a biography.""--Shanna Silva ""SydneyTaylorSchmooze.com"""

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Julie Carpenter is a journalist, writer and editor of over 20 years experience. After gaining a masters degree from Oxford University, she started out as a gossip columnist on The Daily Express. She then became a feature writer and theatre critic there for many years. She has also written news, comment, travel, magazine and lifestyle articles and contributed a regular Sunday Express column. Since having her own children, she found herself re-immersed in the wonderful world of children's literature and began editing for Green Bean Books. Harry and the High-Wire is her first children's story. Laura Catal�n has illustrated numerous fiction books and educational material for Spanish, UK, and US publishing houses. Her picture books include Two Peas in a Pod, The Naughty Spectre, and Daughter of the God S�lde.

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