By Eden Ross Lipson
Illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein

This tender story gives a charming and unusual urban setting to an American family tradition - and includes a recipe so that readers can celebrate their own Applesauce Season. Caldecott Medal winner Mordicai Gerstein's whimsical illustrations are full of the color and hum of the city on th crisp, sunny days of fall.

By Mordicai Gerstein

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. In his exuberant celebration of growing up, Mordicai Gerstein reminds us that, in the end, we are not very different from one another.

By Mordicai Gersteim

Carolinda Clatter! is an ebullient and touching story about love, self-expression, and the mysterious power of music, illustrated with gloriously spirited paintings.

By Mordicai Gerstein

One hot May morning little Arnold is scooped out of his wading pool by a nearsighted pelican and dropped in the middle of a nest of freshly hatched ducklings. There, Mrs. Leda Duck and her ducklings make Arnold welcome, and he soon gets used to his new duck life. They daub Arnold with mud and stick feathers onto him to make him more duck-like. They teach him to duck walk and to swim; he even learns to fly. Leda is proud of her ugliest duckling, and Arnold is happy with his duck life - but something about people and people's things brings back memories, and one day in spring an encounter with a child's kite brings this droll fantasy full circle.

By Mordicai Gerstein

Readers will encounter a host of familiar stories and characters from fairy tales, adventure stories, mysteries, and history stories. And they'll discover a thoroughly original, thoroughly captivating picture book. Mordicai Gerstein employs brilliantly unconventional perspective and design to bring to life a little girl's quest to find her story. It's a visual tour de force - and tremendous fun!

By Mordicai Gerstein

Made on the sixth day of 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. Running to the aid of Abraham and Isaac, the ram must prevail over many temptations in order to save a child. In this lyrically told and beautifully illustrated story, a white ram sacrifices himself to save a boy's life.