Best Selling Books by Mordicai Gerstein

A novel based on the work of Dr. Jean Marc Itard who spent the years shortly after the French Revolution working with a "savage" boy whom he called Victor, trying to prove he was not an idiot and to teach him how to live in human society.

An old man tells his grandchildren about a sheep dog named Herman who, during the days when dogs and cats ruled the world, discovered the first humans.

A lively twist on the immigrant story When John Bardsley leaves England to seek his fortune in America, he finds that his new city, Philadelphia, is crawling with inchworms! No one seems to know how to get rid of them, and the American birds turn up their beaks at the thought of eating any. Recalling his rescue of a very hungry baby sparrow when he was a boy, John comes up with a novel way to solve the problem, and he once again sets sail across the ocean in order to save his new city – with some help from his feathered friends. Using detailed illustrations, Mordicai Gerstein tells the little-known story of how sparrows came to America and how John Bardsley came to be known as Sparrow Jack. Sparrow Jack is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Retells the Old Testament story of the man who disobeyed God's wishes and was swallowed by a great fish.

Follow Duck on his epic quest to retrieve jellybeans from the king, with lots of help from his unusual friends.

When a sparrow flies into her room on her eighth birthday, a mean and selfish princess, convinced that it is a charmed prince, keeps the bird close to her.

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.

When he meets a family of hungry bears in the woods at the peak of maple sugaring time, Anytime Mapleson, who likes pancakes anytime, invites them home for some pancakes and maple syrup.

At bedtime William hides and his parents look for him inside and outside the house.

Gisella se trouva face à elle-même. Elle regarda par terre. L'herbe lui sembla soudain très proche et, à la place de ses mains, elle se vit avec deux petites pattes noires de renard. Derrière, elle découvrit une longue queue de renard, avec un panache blanc. La renarde avait pris sa place. Voilà ce dont Grand-Tante Tanteh avait essayé de la protéger. Pendant que Gisella la regardait dans les yeux, la renarde s'était glissée dans son corps, et maintenant c'était Gisella qui était dans celui de la renarde. Maintenant, je suis une renarde, pensa-t-elle, et la renarde est moi.

The excessively quiet town of Pupickton and the sleeping lovesick giant upon which it was built, are both awakened by the joyful noise of a little girl's songs.

On each successive birthday, a young girl receives a wonderful surprise gift that reflects her age. Features movable flaps.

From the winner of the 2004 Caldecott Medal (for "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers") comes a memorable new work, a novel of insight and imagination that transports readers to the Old Country, where" all the fairy tales come from."