Square Fish, 2007-01-04
Man Who Walked Between the Towers: (Caldecott Medal Winner)
Man Who Walked Between the Towers: (Caldecott Medal Winner)
Mordicai Gerstein, Illustrator
Paperback
SKU:9780312368784
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With poetic restraint and soaring imagery, this story transforms daring into art. It invites readers to consider the beauty of boldness, the fleeting nature of moments, and the quiet power of wonder that lingers long after the act is done.
Book Details
Book Details
Readability • 3.7
Age Range • 5-8
Pages • 44
Subjects • Petit • Philippe • Tightrope walking • Aerialists • France • World Trade Center (New York • N.Y.)
Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Performing Arts
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
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.