Mordicai Gerstein

Mordicai Gerstein was an American artist, writer, and film director best known for children's books. He illustrated the Something Queer Is Going On series, written by Elizabeth Levy, from 1973 to 2003. He wrote and illustrated The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, which won the 2004 Caldecott Medal and tells of Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers. He also made The Boy and the Whale, an adventure story.