{"product_id":"the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers","title":"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers","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\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roaring Brook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085891305585,"sku":"9780761317913","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/7578\/4305\/files\/imageloader_ba5b45da-3978-4714-8976-9eb29db426dc.jpg?v=1774044288","url":"https:\/\/nextchapterhomeschool.com\/products\/the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers","provider":"Next Chapter Homeschool","version":"1.0","type":"link"}