Description
| Format: | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 0761317910 |
| ISBN13: | 9780761317913 |
| Release Date: | September 2003 |
| Publisher: | Roaring Brook Press |
| Length: | 44 Pages |
| Weight: | 0.40 lbs. |
| Dimensions: | 0.4" x 8.1" x 11.1" |
| Age Range: | 5 to 8 years |
| Grade Range: | Grades 1 to 3 |
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 2004 Caldecott Medal, the winner of the 2004 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and the winner of the 2006 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.
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