Author: Mordicai Gerstein
Age Range: 5 - 8 yearsGrade Level: Kindergarten - 3
Lexile Measure: AD480L
Paperback: 44 pages
Publisher: Square Fish; 1 edition (April 17, 2007)
ISBN: 9780312368784
Details:
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.
EAN: 9780312368784
Package Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
Languages: English