Mordicai Gerstein | Author

About the Author

Mordicai Gerstein was born in Los Angeles, California in 1935. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute in California. He designed and directed animated films for twenty-five years. In 1970, he met author Elizabeth Levy, who asked him to illustrate her children's book Something Queer Is Going On. He show more has illustrated all of the books in her Something Queer series. He decided to try his hand at writing. His first picture book, Arnold of the Ducks, was published in 1980 and adapted into an animated film. He has also retold many ancient religious stories, such as that of Jonah in his book, Jonah and the Two Great Fish. He has won many awards including 2 CINE Golden Eagle Awards from the International Film and Television Festival of New York. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Mordi Gerstein, Moricai Gerstein, Mordecai Gerstein, Mordical Gerstein, Mordicai Gerstein, Mordacai Gerstein, Mordicai Gierstein, Mordeccai Gerstein, Illustrated by: Mordecai Gerstien

Works by Mordicai Gerstein

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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2003) 2,405 copies

The Mountains of Tibet (1987) 405 copies

A Book (2009) 279 copies

The Night World (2015) 228 copies

The Old Country (2005) 211 copies

Something Queer Is Going on: A Mystery (1973) 175 copies

The First Drawing (2013) 138 copies

The White Ram: A Story of Abraham and Isaac (2006) 122 copies

What Charlie Heard (2002) 111 copies

The Absolutely Awful Alphabet (1999) 92 copies

Queen Esther The Morning Star (2000) 91 copies

The Wild Boy (1998) 88 copies

How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers: A Simple but Brilliant Plan in 24 Easy Steps (2013) 84 copies

Follow Me! (1777) 80 copies

Dear Hot Dog (2011) 73 copies

Carolinda Clatter! (2005) 65 copies

I Am Pan! (2016) 65 copies

Noah And The Great Flood (1988) 65 copies

Jonah and the Two Great Fish (1997) 62 copies

Sparrow Jack (2003) 62 copies

Leaving the Nest (2007) 57 copies

The Boy and the Whale (2017) 56 copies

Arnold of the Ducks (1983) 55 copies

The Seal Mother (1756) 54 copies

The Story of May (1993) 49 copies

The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree [1979 TV movie] (2008) — Director — 46 copies

The Shadow of a Flying Bird (1994) 45 copies

Fox Eyes (2001) 36 copies

Beauty and the Beast (1989) 35 copies

Moose, Goose, and Mouse (2021) 34 copies

SUNS DAY (1989) 31 copies

The Sleeping Gypsy (2016) 30 copies

Roll Over! (1984) 27 copies

Tales of Pan (1815) 27 copies

You Can't Have Too Many Friends! (2014) 27 copies

Minifred Goes to School (2009) 27 copies

The New Creatures (1991) 27 copies

Victor: A Novel Based on the Life of the Savage of Aveyron (1998) 25 copies

Stop Those Pants! (1998) 25 copies

I Am Hermes!: Mischief-Making Messenger of the Gods (2019) 25 copies

Behind the Couch (1996) 24 copies

The Room (1984) 24 copies

The Gigantic Baby (1991) 18 copies

Daisy's Garden (1995) 15 copies

Anytime Mapleson and the hungry bears (1990) 13 copies

Prince Sparrow (1984) 12 copies

The Giant (1995) 7 copies

William Where Are You? (1986) 6 copies

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers --and More Inspiring Tales [2005 animated short] (2005) — Original book — 5 copies

Bedtime, Everybody! (1996) 3 copies

Wie der Schatten eines fliegenden Vogels. Eine jüdische Legende aus Kurdistan. ( Ab 6 J.). (2000) 1 copy

Beauty and the Beast [1990 Long Ago and Far Away TV episode] — Director — 1 copy

Man Who Walked Between The 1 copy

Guess What? (1991) 1 copy

Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise 1 copy

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Associated Works

Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan (2003) — Illustrator — 481 copies

"There Are Rocks in My Socks!" Said the Ox to the Fox (1979) — Illustrator — 336 copies

Frankenstein Moved In on the Fourth Floor (1979) — Illustrator — 202 copies

The Jar of Fools: Eight Hanukkah Stories from Chelm (2000) — Illustrator — 191 copies

How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird (1943) — Illustrator, some editions — 170 copies

Something Queer at the Library (1977) — Illustrator — 164 copies

A Hare-Raising Tale : A Fletcher Mystery (2002) — Illustrator — 121 copies

Applesauce Season (2009) — Illustrator — 116 copies

Something Queer at the Haunted School (1982) — Illustrator — 109 copies

Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer (1658) — Illustrator — 102 copies

I Am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths (2001) — Illustrator — 80 copies

David's First Bicycle (1983) — Illustrator — 74 copies

Something Queer at the Ballpark (1975) — Illustrator — 68 copies

Something Queer at the Lemonade Stand (1982) — Illustrator — 62 copies

Something Queer at the Birthday Party (1989) — Illustrator — 52 copies

Something Queer in Outer Space (1993) — Illustrator — 46 copies

The Cataract of Lodore (1991) — Illustrator, some editions — 38 copies

Something Queer in the Cafeteria (1994) — Illustrator — 35 copies

Something Queer in the Wild West (1997) — Illustrator — 32 copies

Something Queer in Rock & Roll (1987) — Illustrator — 27 copies

Albert and the Angels (2000) — Illustrator — 22 copies

Something Queer at the Scary Movie (1995) — Illustrator — 20 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, November 1978 (1978) — Illustrator — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1935-11-25
Date of death: 2019-09-24
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Place of death: Westhampton, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: Westhampton, Massachussetts, USA
Education: Chouinard Art Institute
Occupations: animator
children's book illustrator
Relationships: Harris, Susan Yard (wife)
Michelson, Richard (collaborator)
Organizations: Michelson Galleries
Awards and honors: Caldecott Medal

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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

I was interested to see when this was written - 2003. 9/11 was still so fresh. I wonder how emotional it would have been to read this only two years after. I think this is a beautiful tribute to the Towers, as well as an interesting story about Philippe Petit's daring walk across them.

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mrsandersonreads23 | 266 other reviews | Apr 14, 2024 |

Arnold of the Ducks by Mordicai Gerstein

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BooksInMirror | 3 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

Maybe I don't want to read my 5 year old a book about tightrope walker walking between the world trade center buildings illegally. It is written well and with good illustrations that has very interesting perspectives and at essential to the storytelling. This anxious mama still does not want to read it to a kid.

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mslibrarynerd | 266 other reviews | Jan 13, 2024 |

How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers: A… by Mordicai Gerstein

The cover says, "It's easy and fun!" Ha! Kindergarten to 2nd graders will have a good time with this earnestly absurd story. It's really more of an instruction book, so it could probably use a disclaimer, but I'm glad there's not one. If a kids asks to borrow your old garden hose, you'll know what they're up to...

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