The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

By Mordicai Gerstein

Roaring Book press(2003)

Interest Level: k-3

Awards:

2003 Caldecott Medal winner

Boston-Globe-Horn Book Award For excelence in

Children's Literature Winner 2004 Picture Book

Category: Nonfiction

Type: Picture Book

Summary: This is a story about Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the two World

Trade Towers before they were completed. Read about how Philippe and his friends

manage to pull off this magnificent feat. Enjoy the pen and paint illustrations which accurately

depict this thrilling story and help to set the mood of the setting and characters.

How will Philipe pull off this daring feat? The setting and the image of his walk accross the buildings leaves a memory hard to forget.

Online Connections:

1. Author website: http://www.mordicaigerstein.com/

2. Author biography: www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?

3. Conversation with Mordicai Gerstein:

www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan.june04/towers-02-16,html-

Book Connection:

1. Mirette and BelliniCross Niagara Falls by Emily Arnold McCully

2. Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

Keywords: Tightrope walking, world trade Center, Philippe Petit, Determination.