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Mordicai Gerstein

Mordicai Gerstein (November 24, 1935 – September 24, 2019) was an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books. He illustrated the comic mystery fiction series Something Queer is Going On.

Gerstein was born in Los Angeles, California. He illustrated the Something Queer Is Going On series, written by Elizabeth Levy, from 1973 to 2003. He won the 2004 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Roaring Brook Press, 2003), which he also wrote. Created in response to the September 11 attacks, it features the story of Philippe Petit's unauthorized high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974.

Gerstein directed four holiday specials for NBC TV in the late 1970s and early 1980s based on the Berenstain Bears book series, the most notable being The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree, which premiered on December 3, 1979.

Gerstein lived in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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American artist, writer, and film director

Born 24 November 1935
Died 24 September 2019

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American artist, writer, and film director

Born 24 November 1935
Died 24 September 2019

Subjects

Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Animals, Picture books, Specimens, Bible stories, Bible stories, o.t., Cats, Cats, fiction, Ducks, English Bible stories, Humorous stories, New York Times reviewed, Old Testament, Picture books for children, Toy and movable books, Animals, fiction, Authorship, Babies, Bedtime, Bible stories, English, Books and reading, Characters and characteristics in literature

Places

France, Moon, Sun, Kurdistan, LaCaune France, LaCaune Woods, Mountains of Saint Sernin France, Paris France, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.), Tibet (China)

People

Wild Boy of Aveyron, Abraham (Biblical patriarch), Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1775-1838), John Bardsley, Jonah (Biblical prophet), Moses (Biblical leader), Noah (Biblical figure), Pan (Greek deity), Philippe Petit (1949-), Victor of Aveyron

Time

1789-1815, 1865-, Late 1790s- 1801-1806. 1828

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Alternative names

  • Mordecai Gerstein
  • Mordical Gerstein

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January 22, 2022 Edited by tmanarl bio
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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 16, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import