Author: Mordicai Gerstein
Title: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Illustrator: Mordicai Gerstein
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Year: 2003
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Biographies
Reading Level: Independent
Interest-Level: Elementary, Middle School
Topics: Philippe Petit, Tight Rope
Summary: A French man by the name of Philippe Petit dared to conquer walking between Manhattan’s Twin Towers in 1974. After weeks of careful observation of security, he successful made it to the top of the towers and walked between them. Since then, and even before, he has walked between many other buildings in various countries. The illustrations will dazzle children as they follow along Petit’s feat.
Extension Activities:
-Have children research the tallest buildings in the world and make a map of where they are and how tall they are.
-Have them make a timeline of all the buildings Philippe Petit has walked between from his first to his current.
