Surprise Castle
/Books/Kids/Ages 4-8
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Hardcover

by Mordicai Gerstein
$15.99
$21.99
-27%

Choose Option

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Hardcover

$15.99
$21.99
Paperback

Paperback

$9.99
$12.99
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Mordicai Gerstein, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2003-09-05Pages:44
Language:EnglishPublisher:Roaring Brook PressISBN-13:9780761317913ISBN-10:761317910UPC:9780761317913Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Topic:Performing Arts, CircusAward:2004 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2004 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Picture Book Award|2006 Carnegie Medal Winner - Children's Award|Delaware Diamonds Award Winner - Grades 3-5 AwardSize:11.10 x 8.10 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC9YY30RJE

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:EnglishPublisher:Roaring Brook PressISBN-13:9780761317913ISBN-10:761317910UPC:9780761317913Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Topic:Performing Arts, CircusAward:2004 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2004 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Picture Book Award|2006 Carnegie Medal Winner - Children's Award|Delaware Diamonds Award Winner - Grades 3-5 AwardSize:11.10 x 8.10 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC9YY30RJE

Mordicai Gerstein is the author and illustrator of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and has had four books named New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year. Gerstein was born in Los Angeles in 1935. He remembers being inspired as a child by images of fine art, which his mother cut out of Life magazine, and by children's books from the library: "I looked at Rembrandt and Superman, Matisse and Bugs Bunny, and began to make my own pictures."

He attended Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and then got a job in an animated cartoon studio that sent him to New York, where he designed characters and thought up ideas for TV commercials. When a writer named Elizabeth Levy asked him to illustrate a humorous mystery story about two girls and a dog, his book career began, and soon he moved on to writing as well as illustrating. The author of more than forty books, Gerstein lived in Westhampton, Massachusetts.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Awards

🏆 2004 Caldecott Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2004 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Picture Book Award|2006 Carnegie Medal Winner - Children's Award|Delaware Diamonds Award Winner - Grades 3-5 Award

Contributor(s)

Mordicai Gerstein, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator)

Author

Mordicai Gerstein

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All