{"product_id":"the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers","title":"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers","description":"The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47825508597986,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-05-22-5.85-1131","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_130_PRpbdY2Ws.jpg?v=1779563482","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}