The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

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.

Age Range: 5 - 8 years

Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3

Lexile Measure: AD640L

Paperback: 44 pages

Publisher: Square Fish; 1 edition (April 17 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780312368784

ISBN-13: 978-0312368784

ASIN: 031236878X

Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.2 x 10.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces