The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- SKU: 9780312368784
- Category: Activity Books, Coloring Books, Comic Books for Kids, Grade 1-3 ...
The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis' 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mordicai Gerstein
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 04/01/2007
ISBN: 9780312368784
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 10.96h x 8.00w x 0.15d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 77196 / Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis' 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mordicai Gerstein
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 04/01/2007
ISBN: 9780312368784
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 10.96h x 8.00w x 0.15d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 77196 / Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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