Along with writing and illustrating books for children, Mordicai Gerstein is a painter, sculptor and prize-winning designer and illustrator of animated films. Mr. Gerstein attended the Chouinard Institute of Art in Los Angeles before moving to New York City where he made animated films for 25 years. In 1980, Mr. Gerstein began writing and illustrating books, among them Arnold of the Ducks, The Mountains of Tibet and The Wild Boy were all recognized with distinctions. Victor, his first young adult novel, was named by the New York Times as one of the best children’s books. Mordicai Gerstein lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife Susan Yard Harris, who is also an author and illustrator and their daughter Risa.
2006 Sydney Taylor Book Award (Association of Jewish Librarians)
Winner of the 2004 Caldecott Medal for Illustration
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- I Am Hermes!
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- The Boy and the Whale
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- I Am Pan!
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- The Sleeping Gypsy
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- The Night World
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- You Can’t Have Too Many Friends!
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- The First Drawing
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- How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers
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- Dear Hot Dog
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- Applesauce Season
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- A Book
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- Minifred Goes to School
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- How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird
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- Leaving the Nest
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- The White Ram
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- Fox Eyes
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- Sholom’s Treasure
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- Carolinda Clatter!
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- Three Samurai Cats
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- Sparrow Jack
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- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
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- Albert and the Angels
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- What Charlie Heard
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- Queen Esther the Morning Star
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- The Jar of Fools
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- Noah and the Great Flood
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- The Absolutely Awful Alphabet
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- Stop Those Pants!
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- The Wild Boy
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- Jonah and the Two Great Fish
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- Behind The Couch
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- Bedtime, Everybody!
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- The Giant
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- The Shadow of a Flying Bird
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- Daisy’s Garden
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- The Story of May
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- The New Creatures
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- The Cataract of Lodore
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- The Sun’s Day
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- The Mountains of Tibet
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- The Seal Mother
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- Cartoons
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- Fine Art Prints
