num_pages: 34
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
titlecomplete: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
genres: Historical, History, Childrens, Biography, Adventure, Picture Books, New York, Kids, Juvenile, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 15339
places: New York City, New York, Manhattan, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Picture Book
publisher: Scholastic Inc.