Mordicai Gerstein http://www.mordicaigerstein.com/
Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2003
ISBN 0-7613-1791-0
Ink and Oil panels
Annotation
Caldecott award winning nonfiction tale of Philippe Petit, French tight rope walker who walking between the New York twin towers in 1974.
Personal Reaction
Details weave his story into an edge of your chair journey while full color dramatic illustrations bring life to the reader’s imagination. With New York City below and the wind in his hair Petite steps onto the rope and the pages unfold in a three page spread of the scene drawn from above and showing the bay and tiny cars in the busy New York street below. This is a beautiful and celebratory book to read to 4th, and 5th graders during 9/11 remembrance. This is also a perfect book to begin lessons on Caldecott award winners. It can be accompanied by the adult book Man on a Wire written by Philippe Petit or the documentary of the same name. By showing these alternatives at the same time in a library or classroom the brilliance of the illustrations will truly shine next to the photos of the actual event.
Caldecott Award winner 2004
9/11
Twin Towers
Caldecott Award
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