Mordicai Gerstein, born November 25, 1935 in LA (California, USA), is an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith. ... Childrens books redirects here. ...

In 2004, Gerstein received the Caldecott Award for his book The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Written in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, the book tells the story of Philippe Petit's August 7, 1974 unauthorized high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. ... The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is a 2003 childrens book by Mordicai Gerstein that won the 2004 Caldecott Medal. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Petit at WTC, 1974 Philippe Petit (born August 13, 1949) is a French high wire artist who gained fame for his illegal walk between the former Twin Towers in New York City on August 7, 1974. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation). ...

Gerstein lives in Westhampton, Massachusetts. Westhampton is a town located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. ...

Bibliography

Gerstein has written and illustrated the following books:

• Carolinda Clatter! (2005)
• The Old Country (2003)
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2003)
• Sparrow Jack (2003)
• What Charlie Heard (2002)
• Fox Eyes (2001)
• Queen Esther the Morning Star (2001)
• The Absolutely Awful Alphabet (1999)
• Noah and the Great Flood (1999)
• Victor (1998)
• The Wild Boy (1998)
• Stop Those Pants (1998)
• Jonah and the Two Great Fish (1997)
• Behind the Couch (1996)
• Bedtime Everybody! (1996)
• The Giant (1995)
• The Shadow of a Flying Bird (1994)
• The Story of May (1993)
• The New Creatures (1991)
• The Sun's Day (1989)
• Beauty and the Beast (1989)
• William, Where Are You? (1989)
• The Mountains of Tibet (1987)
• The Seal Mother (1986)
• Tales of Pan (1986)
• The Room (1985)
• Roll Over (1984)
• Prince Sparrow (1984)
• Follow Me! (1983)
• Arnold of the Ducks (1983)

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• Daisy's Garden (1995)
• Anytime Mapleson and the Hungry Bears (1990)

Gerstein has also illustrated a number of books by other authors, including the popular Something Queer is Going On series by Elizabeth Levy. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Elizabeth Levy (born April 4, 1942) is an author of childrens books, including 1983s The Computer That Said Steal Me. ...

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