As we approach the 10 year anniversary of 9/11, the amazing story of Philippe Petit’s daring feat walking a tightrope between the world’s tallest buildings is the title tale on a new Scholastic Storybook Treasures release: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers... and More Inspiring Tales . Narrated by Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, this is an animated adaptation of the lyrical Caldecott Award-winning book by Mordecai Gerstein. Directed and animated by Michael Sporn, with music by Michael Bacon (of the Bacon Brothers). Other stories on this DVD include Miss Rumphius (narrated by Claire Danes); Crow Boy, a small boy who is different from the others and who gains acceptance when he imitates the voices of crows in the school talent show; and The Dinosaurs of Warehouse Hawkins, written by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Brian Selznick and narrated by Jonathan Pryce, the tale of how Warehouse Hawkins built the first life-sized dinosaur model that stunned the world. Launch date: August 30, 2011.