The Man Who Walked Between the Towers: (Caldecott Medal Winner) -- Mordicai Gerstein, Paperback
The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and--in two dramatic foldout spreads-- the vertiginous drama of Petit's feat. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is the winner of the Caldecott Medal, winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.Author: Mordicai Gerstein
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 4/1/2007
Pages: 44
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35 lbs
Size: 10.96" H x 8" L x 0.15" W
ISBN: 9780312368784
