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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.

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

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    A Hardback by Mordicai Gerstein, Mordicai Gerstein

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      Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/09/2003
      ISBN13: 9780761317913, 978-0761317913
      ISBN10: 0761317910

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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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