<p><b>The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's <i>The Walk, </i>starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.</b><br><br>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.<br><br><i>The Man Who Walked Between the Towers</i> 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.</p> Read Less