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1	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist The true story of street performer Philippe Petit's 1974 high wire walk between the two towers of New York City's World Trade Center. Color ink-and-oil illustrations accompany the text. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2003 by Publishers Weekly and selected by the New York Times Book Review as a 2003 Notable book and one of the Best ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Absolutely Awful Alphabet more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist This book introduces the letters of the alphabet in an unusual way. Here "A" is for "arrogant," "C" is for "cantankerous," and "F" is for "ferocious." Illustrated with color drawings. see all copies from $3.17! new only from $3.17! \| first editions \| SVS
3	What Charlie Heard more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist A lyrical look at the life of innovative composer Charles Ives. Ives created music based on sounds he heard in the everyday world--everything from the rustle of his mother's dress as she walked across the room to the barking of dogs to the clanging of pots and pans. Ives was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. Color illustrations accompany the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.94! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Mountains of Tibet more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist An old Tibetan woodcutter always wondered what lay beyond the mountains. When he dies, he is given the choice of going to heaven or living another life. He chooses to live again, and then must make some interesting choices about where and how he wishes to live. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Principal's on the Roof more books like this by Elizabeth Levy, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist The principal of Jill and Gwen's school is on the roof honoring his promise that he'd spend the day there if the kids read 1,000 books during their marathon. He's even planning to read the story Gwen wrote. But he's going to fall off the roof if he doesn't stop sneezing. Fletcher and his flea pal, Jasper, know that Gwen wouldn't trick the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| SVS
6	Applesauce Season more books like this by Eden Ross Lipson, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist When the first apples of the season--Ida Red and Paula Red, Twenty Ounce, McIntosh, and Ginger Gold--show up in the city markets, it's time to take out the big pot and make applesauce. Eden Lispon's lovingly recounted description of a family's applesauce-making ritual describes the buying, peeling, cooking and stirring; the wait for the sauce to ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $11.00! \| SVS
7	Behind the Couch more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist Zachary loses his oldest toy and friend, a stuffed pig named Wallace, behind the couch. As he crawls underneath to find him, he moves farther and farther back, until he ends up in the place that is home to all things lost behind every couch--a fantastic world with forests of towering lamps and gentle creatures made of dust. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00!
8	How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird more books like this by Jacques Prevert, Mordicai Gerstein (Translator) add to wishlist In this joyful picture book, Caldecott Medalist Gerstein brings his unique vision, ingenuity, and sense of fun to Prverts famous poem about the nature of art and creativity. Full color. see all copies from $2.96! new only from $9.49! \| SVS
9	A Book more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist In this celebration of books and stories, a Caldecott Medalist employs brilliantly unconventional perspective and design as he tells the story of a family who lives in a book. The youngest member is trying to find a story of her own in which she belongs. Full color. see all copies from $4.63! new only from $4.63! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan more books like this by Eric A Kimmel (Retold by), Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist In this story set in medieval Japan, a nasty rat has invaded the castle of a canine lord, and it will take a trio of fighting samurai cats before he's defeated. The first two cats draw their swords and charge with amazing skill, but it's not until toothless, tailless Neko Roshi arrives that the rat -- and the reader -- learn their lesson. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Jar of Fools: Eight Hanukkah Stories from Chelm more books like this by Eric A Kimmel, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist Drawing on traditional Jewish folklore, these Hanukkah stories relate the antics of the people of Chelm, thought--perhaps incorrectly--to be a town of fools. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Shadow of a Flying Bird: A Legend from the Kurdistan Jews more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist This powerful and poetic story, drawn from a Kurdistani tale based on the Old Testament, retells the story of the death of Moses. With graceful and moving prose and richly colored illustrations, Gerstein has created a memorable book. see all copies from $20.00! signed copies \| first editions
13	The Seal Mother: 9 more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein, Mordecai Gerstein add to wishlist A seal sheds her skin and becomes a beautiful woman, but even after marrying and bearing a son she longs to return to her seal family in the sea. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14 view cover	Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer more books like this by Erica Silverman, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist The boy whose stories became Fiddler on the Roof Sholom Aleichem's favorite childhood memory may have been listening as his father read stories aloud on Saturday nights and a roomful of adults burst out laughing. Sholom wanted to make people laugh, too. At school he became the class clown. At home he imitated even his pious grandmother. But ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.04! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	I Am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths more books like this by Elizabeth Spires, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist This collection of 15 stories of heroes and heroines from Greek and Roman mythology are told in the first-person, from their own point of view of events. Includes tales of the spinner Arachne, who learned a mortal should never challenge a god; Pandora, who opened a box she was told not to; and others. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Carolinda Clatter! more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein (Read by) add to wishlist After thousands and thousands of years of begging, weeping, and moaning, a lovelorn giant finally gave up wooing the brightly shining moon and fell asleep, exhausted. Acres of green forest grew over him, and animals and people followed. The town of Pupickton was always very quiet--not even the babies would cry--for fear of waking the sleeper. But ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17	The Seal Mother more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist A seal sheds her skin and becomes a beautiful woman, but even after marrying and bearing a son she longs to return to her seal family in the sea. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	Albert and the Angels more books like this by Leslie Norris, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist While searching for a very special Christmas gift, a boy and his talking dog encounter some helpful angels. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Sparrow Jack more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist When John Bardsley leaves England to seek his fortune in America, he finds that Philadelphia is crawling with inchworms! John comes up with a novel way to solve the problem--with some help from his feathered friends. Gerstein tells the little-known story of how sparrows came to America, and how Bardsley came to be known as Sparrow Jack. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The White Ram: A Story of Abraham and Isaac more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist Made on the sixth day of the Creation, a white ram waits patiently in the Garden of Eden. The other animals leave one by one, but the ram waits and waits until he is needed to fulfill God's will by sacrificing himself to save a boy's life. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Giant more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist Friends Amelia, Reina, and Clara have all been warned by their mothers to stay away from the giant. Unable to resist temptation, the girls sneak off and find the giant weeding his garden. No matter how loudly they yell he can not hear or see the girls because they are so small and he is so big. One day they finally get close enough to the giant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.28! \| first editions
22 view cover	Wild Boy more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist This picture book is based on the true story of a feral boy discovered in southern France in 1800. The book explores what life was like for the wild child both before and after he was brought to live in Paris among "the civilized people." Illustrated with color drawings. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated ... see all copies from $2.83! new only from $5.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Victor: A Novel Based on the Life of the Savage of Aveyron more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist This novel is based on the true story of a feral boy discovered in Southern France in 1800. The book explores what life was like for the wild child after he was brought to live in Paris among "the civilized people." A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Leaving the Nest more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist What do a baby blue jay, a kitten, a girl, and a baby squirrel have in common? They are emphatically curious about the world. They find it difficult to leave the place where they feel safest. And, eventually, they must all spread their wings and fly. With his ever-inventive art, Caldecott winner Mordicai Gerstein stretches the boundaries of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Beauty and the Beast more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) add to wishlist Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| signed copies \| first editions

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