The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- Subject
- Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 44
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Size
- 20.3 cm × 27.8 cm
- ISBN
- 9780312368784
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.
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What reviewers said
“Gerstein's dramatic paintings include some perspectives bound to take any reader's breath away. Truly affecting.”
“Readers of all ages will return to this again and again for its history, adventure, humor, and breathtaking homage to extraordinary buildings and a remarkable man.”
“With its graceful majesty and mythic overtones, this unique and uplifting book is at once a portrait of a larger-than-life individual and a memorial to the towers and the lives associated with them.”
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