The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (CALDECOTT MEDAL BOOK)
Language: English
Published by Roaring Brook Press, Brookfield CT, 2003
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Village Books and Music, Medford, OR, U.S.A.Village Books and Music
AbeBooks seller since May 24, 2005
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 5.41
Quantity: 1 available
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11 1/4" tall hardcover. Boards in Fine condition. Boards and DJ with matching artwork. Gift inscription on ffep. Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. Color artwork throughout. Unpaginated. Fold-out page has a bit of a crease. DJ not price clipped ($17.95). DJ in mylar jacket. Bit of sticker remainder on inside front DJ flap. Minimal shelf wear to DJ. Stated Copyright 2003 and First Edition. Number line = 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4.
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- Title
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (CALDECOTT MEDAL BOOK)
- Author
- Mordicai Gerstein
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press, Brookfield CT
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0761317910
- ISBN 13
- 9780761317913
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Children's Non-Fiction
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 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.
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About the Author
Mordicai Gerstein (1935-2019) is the author and illustrator of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and has had many 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.
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Village Books and Music
Medford, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 24, 2005
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| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 7 business days |
|---|---|---|
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Having owned a Brick and Mortar store located in Southern Oregon since 2004, I decided to retire in June 2023. I still have a large variety of soft and hard cover books to sell. Many out of print and hard to find books. I will continue to sell online for the next few years. The store is still open, so if you are ever in Medford, Oregon, check it out.
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Children's collectibles, Signed first editions, Oregon historySeller's business information
Village Books
Village Books and Music, 2510 Tahitian Ave
Medford, OR U.S.A. 97504
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