Mordicai Gerstein
Mordicai Gerstein, born in Los Angeles in 1935 and raised amongst pictures by artists ranging from Seuss to Cezanne to Picasso, has always been a man of pictures. Even as a child he drew portraits and comic books, war pictures and 
pictures of music. After high school, he studied at Chouinard Art Institute to become a painter. A class in animated cartoons got him a job that took him to New York where he designed characters for television commercials and directed animated films.
Author Elizabeth Levy then asked him to illustrate her books, a partnership that has lasted 30 years. It was that partnership that also inspired him to begin writing his own books.
The author of more than 30 children's book, including the 2004 Caldecott Medal winner, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Gerstein lives in Massachusetts with his wife, illustrator Susan Yard Harris, and their daughter.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arnold of the Ducks |
Follow Me! |
Prince Sparrow |
Roll Over |
The Room |
The Tales of Pan |
The Seal Mother |
The Mountains of Tibet |
William, Where Are You? |
Beauty and the Beast |
The Sun's Day |
The New Creatures |
The Story of May |
The Shadow of a Flying Bird |
The Giant |
Bedtime Everybody! |
Behind the Couch |
Jonah and the Two Great Fish |
Stop Those Pants |
The Wild Boy |
Victor |
Noah and the Great Flood |
The Absolutely Awful Alphabet |
Queen Esther and the Morning Star |
Fox Eyes |
What Charlie Heard |
Sparrow Jack |
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Anytime Mapleson and the Hungry Bears |
Daisy's Garden |
The Old Country |
