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Marvellous Miss May : Queen of the Circus

Marvellous Miss May : Queen of the Circus

by Stephanie Owen Reeder
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/02/2018

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In 1901, aged just seven, tiny contortionist May Zinga was given away to Wirth Brothers Circus by her desperate mother.

Imagine Miss May’s horror when the first thing the Wirths did was cut off all her long hair. Poor May had lost both her family and her crowning glory!

But this feisty, talented and determined little girl did not give up. Despite many setbacks, including a horrific accident, she kept fighting to fulfil her dream of becoming the best bareback rider in the world, performing the same dangerous acrobatic feats as male riders only better!

This fourth title in Stephanie Owen Reeder’s award-winning Heritage Heroes series retells the remarkable true story of equestrienne May Wirth, while providing historical insights into life in an Australian circus at the beginning of the twentieth century.

ISBN:
9780642279156
9780642279156
Category:
Picture books
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-02-2018
Publisher:
National Library of Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
136
Dimensions (mm):
210x190mm
Weight:
0.57kg
Stephanie Owen Reeder

Stephanie Owen Reeder is an author and illustrator who lives in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Stephanie grew up in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, where she spent many hours building houses in the sand, swimming, making cubby houses in the bush and, of course, reading and drawing. She wrote and illustrated her first 'book' aged just seven.

Stephanie spent most of her working life as a Hansard Editor at Federal Parliament, but now she is doing her dream job, editing and writing books for adults, writing book reviews, and writing and illustrating books for children.

Her children's books include the internationally acclaimed lift-the-flap picture book about emotions, I've Got a Feeling, and her award-winning historically-based creative non-fiction titles Lost! A True Tale from the Bush and Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea. Her latest book is a lift-the-flap picture book about parts of the body and movement, Dance Like a Pirate.

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