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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Front cover, designed by Mordicai Gerstein
AuthorMordicai Gerstein
IllustratorMordicai Gerstein
Cover artistGerstein
CountryUnited States
GenreChildren's picture book
PublisherRoaring Brook Press and Millbrook Press
Publication date
September 5, 2003
ISBN0-7613-1791-0
OCLC52215062
Dewey Decimal
791.3/4/092 B 21
LC ClassGV551 .G47 2003

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by the American author Mordicai Gerstein. Published in 2003, the book recounts the achievement of Philippe Petit, a French man who walked on a tightrope wire between the roofs of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in August 1974. Gerstein won the 2004 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations.[1] The book has been adapted into a film and a ballet.

  1. ^ American Library Association: "2004, Mordicai Gerstein", Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present], American Library Association, URL accessed 27 May 2009.

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