The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

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Book Title
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Author
Mordicai Gerstein
ISBN
9780312368784
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: PaperbackAuthor: Mordicai GersteinPublisher: Square FishPublished: 04/01/2007ISBN: 9780312368784Pages: 36Weight: 0.35lbsSize: 10.96h x 8.00w x 0.15dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 77196 / Man Who Walked Between the TowersReading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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    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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