The Boy and the Whale - by Mordicai Gerstein (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A boy and his father discover a whale tangled in their only fishing net. Is the whale dead? Expressive and perfectly paced, this powerful story by Caldecott Medalist Gerstein was inspired in part by a real-life video of a whale's rescue, and the creature's joyful dance through the waves after being freed. Full color. 8 1/2 x 11.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A boy and his father discover a whale tangled in their only fishing net. Is the whale dead? While the man worries about losing their net, the boy worries about the whale. He remembers the fear he felt when, caught in a net himself in childhood, he almost drowned before being rescued by his father. When the whale blinks an enormous eye, the boy knows that he has to try to save the creature, no matter how dangerous doing so may be. <p/>Expressive and perfectly paced, this powerful story, <i>The Boy and the Whale</i>, by Caldecott Medal-winner Mordicai Gerstein was inspired in part by a real-life video of a whale's rescue, and the creature's joyful dance through the waves after being freed.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>A tautly constructed narrative about a fisherman's son who wishes to free a whale from the net his father depends on for his livelihood. --<i>New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>[An] inspiring, humane adventure... Bravo for a courageous boy's achievement.--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>Dazzling.--<i>The Horn Book<br></i><br>Filled with a gentle gravity... [a] beautifully illustrated story with universal themes.--<i>School Library Journal<br></i><br>Gerstein has captured an extraordinary connection between the natural and human worlds that will be long remembered after the last page is turned.--<i>Booklist<br></i><br><i> <p/>I Am Pan</i>: <p/>If ever there was a god of fun, here he is . . . no mythtake. -<i>Kirkus</i>, <b>starred review</b> <p/>Tons of humor, whimsy, and action on every page. An irresistible introduction to the god and to Greek mythology in general. -<i>School Library Journal</i>, <b>starred review</b> <p/><b></b>Laughs come fast and frequently. . . It's every bit the wild and woolly autobiography that a chaotic spirit like Pan deserves.-<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, <b>starred review</b> <p/>Gerstein artfully re-creates not only the finger-in-a-light-socket energy of a spirited child but the way that young kids tell stories: abrupt, arbitrary, and rich with action. -<i>The Horn Book, </i> <b>starred review</b></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Mordicai Gerstein</b> is the author and illustrator of <i>The Man Who Walked Between the Towers</i>, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and has had four books named <i>New York Times</i> Best Illustrated Books of the Year. Gerstein was born in Los Angeles in 1935. He remembers being inspired as a child by images of fine art, which his mother cut out of <i>Life</i> magazine, and by children's books from the library: I looked at Rembrandt and Superman, Matisse and Bugs Bunny, and began to make my own pictures. <p/>He attended Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and then got a job in an animated cartoon studio that sent him to New York, where he designed characters and thought up ideas for TV commercials. When a writer named Elizabeth Levy asked him to illustrate a humorous mystery story about two girls and a dog, his book career began, and soon he moved on to writing as well as illustrating. The author of more than forty books, Gerstein lived in Westhampton, Massachusetts.</p>
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