{"product_id":"the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers-caldecott-medal-winner-9780312368784","title":"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers: (Caldecott Medal Winner)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's \u003ci\u003eThe Walk, \u003c\/i\u003estarring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the Caldecott Medal, winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12269440\"\u003eMordicai Gerstein\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.96h x 8.00w x 0.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312368784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031236878X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-JNF\"\u003eJuvenile Nonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-JNF007060\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography | Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMordicai Gerstein\u003c\/b\u003e is the author and illustrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and has had four books named \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe 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.","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827367280779,"sku":"9780312368784","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_a9c76a06-2ad6-4b13-9b15-dcb87dc2d741.jpg?v=1755531165","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers-caldecott-medal-winner-9780312368784","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}