- Tightrope walking, Aerialists, Juvenile literature, World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and warm.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Mordicai Gerstein
- First published
- July 18, 2003
- Pages
- 38
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press, Square Fish, Live Oak Media (NY)
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- Chinese, Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9780439700412
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Mordicai Gerstein (November 24, 1935 – September 24, 2019) was an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books. He illustrated the comic mystery fiction series Something Queer is Going On. Gerstein was born in Los Angeles, California. He illustrated the Something Queer Is Going On series, written by Elizabeth Levy, from 1973 to 2003. He won the 2004 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Roaring Brook Press, 2003), which he also wrote. Created in response to the September 11 attacks, it features the story of Philippe Petit's unauthorized high-wire walk between the Twin Towe
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