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From Here To There gets Recognition

From Here To There gets Recognition

From Here to There by Vivian Kirkfield, has received: • a Junior Library Guild Selection • a starred review from Kirkus: “These innovations in transportation should inspire readers to go far….Educators will also delight in the hefty...

October 28, 2020 gilbertford chapter book, From Here to There, Gilbert Ford, inventions, middle grade book, stem book, vivian kirkfield 0 Comments
The Mysterious Messenger Book Launch

The Mysterious Messenger Book Launch

The book launch for the Mysterious Messenger was last weekend. I gave a short presentation on my process, read the first chapter, drew one of the characters, and answered some questions from Ellen Daniel Rogers for The Mississippi Book Festival...

July 28, 2020 gilbertford 0 Comments
The mysterious Messenger Events

The mysterious Messenger Events

The Mysterious Messenger comes out Tuesday, July 21 and I will be participating in some events to promote it! July 25, 12pm central Time, Lemuria Bookstore Facebook Live: Book launch for the Mysterious Messenger. 45 min presentation including a...

July 15, 2020 gilbertford 0 Comments
The Mysterious Messenger Study Guide

The Mysterious Messenger Study Guide

Macmillan has made a great study guide for The Mysterious Messenger to share with students. It can be downloaded here: http://gilbertford.com/Mysterious_Messenger_Discussion_Guide.pdf

June 3, 2020 gilbertford middle grade novel study guide, study guide for novel 0 Comments
Creating The Mysterious Messenger

Creating The Mysterious Messenger

In 2013, I enrolled in graduate school at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults Program. Although I initially was interested in writing only picture books, the teachers encouraged me to begin a novel and turn...

May 15, 2020 gilbertford Brooklyn middle grade novel, clinton hill, fort greene, middle grade novel, the mysterious messenger by gilbert ford 0 Comments
Bank Street Irma Black Honor

Bank Street Irma Black Honor

How The Cookie Crumbled received an Irma Black Honor from Bank Street College last Thursday. Tara Lazar’s 7ate9 was the big winner. Here are the Cooke Prize and Irma Black honorees. Every person being honored had to make a speech...

May 15, 2020 gilbertford 0 Comments
ITCH! Receives Some Recognition

ITCH! Receives Some Recognition

Itch! by Anita Sanchez, has received the following recognition this year: • Junior Library Guild Selection• Finalist for 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Middle Grade Science Book category•Chicago Public...

May 15, 2020 gilbertford Gilbert Ford, Itch! by Anita Sanchez 0 Comments
ROTTEN!

ROTTEN!

Rotten! by Anita Sanchez will be released Tuesday, January 22. It is a picture book/chapter book hybrid targeting 3rd-6th graders (and even adults!), and covers all different aspects of decomposition. The text is light-hearted, with clever...

May 15, 2020 gilbertford decomposition, grossology, Rotten!, science chapter book 0 Comments
School Visits in Washington State!

School Visits in Washington State!

A few years ago The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring was selected to be on the Washington State book list. This meant that students all across the state were reading my book along with other fabulous picture books, until one book...

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Alice Across America

Alice Across America

Alice Across America by Sarah Glenn Marsh and illustrated by me, is available for purchase as of February 2020. It’s a non-fiction story about Alice Ramsey and her cross country trip in a 1909 Maxwell automobile with her friends, becoming...

May 15, 2020 gilbertford Alice Ramsey, first female cross country driver, history, maxwell 1909 car, womens history 0 Comments
Hi! I’m Gilbert Ford.
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I work as an author and illustrator of books for children. I also teach in an after school program in Brooklyn. I hope you'll check out my books, blog, and artwork.

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Celebrating the release of From Here To There by V Celebrating the release of From Here To There by Vivian Kirkfield with family.
From Here to There by @viviankirkfield is out toda From Here to There by @viviankirkfield is out today! A 90-something page chapter book/picture book about 9 inventors that helped move society forward!
So excited to receive my copies of From Here To Th So excited to receive my copies of From Here To There by @viviankirkfield pub by @hmhkids . Thank you Ann Rider, Celeste Knudson, Sammy Ruth Brown, and Harriet Low at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for putting this book together! It hits the shelves Jan 19 (in two weeks!)
Longing for a vacation... road trip 1959 Longing for a vacation... road trip 1959
Easter, 1959 Easter, 1959
The family business, my grandfather, my grandmothe The family business, my grandfather, my grandmother, late 1950s
Happy January 1, 2021. Here’s a Kodachrome from Happy January 1, 2021. Here’s a Kodachrome from late 1940s
Happy New Year! An Echtochrome of my grandparents Happy New Year! An Echtochrome of my grandparents home decorated for the holidays in the 1960s. (The dog!!)
Some old Kodachromes of my dad and baby ducklings Some old Kodachromes of my dad and baby ducklings he got for Easter...
Kodachrome slide of my grandparents from 1942. The Kodachrome slide of my grandparents from 1942. The colors held up over time!
Library books arrived that have been on my to-be-r Library books arrived that have been on my to-be-read list. Excited to study these beauties tomorrow :)
Give the gift of a middle grade mystery this holid Give the gift of a middle grade mystery this holiday season: The Mysterious Messenger!
Just finished reading Circe and loved it :) also g Just finished reading Circe and loved it :) also great book design :)
Check out books about inventors for the holidays: Check out books about inventors for the holidays: mr ferris and his wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis, the Marvelous thing that came from a spring and How the Cookie Crumbled by me, and From Here to There by Vivian Kirkfield out this coming January!
Check out some historical picture books by Debbie Check out some historical picture books by Debbie levy (soldier song) and Sarah Glenn Marsh ( Alice across America)
Need a holiday gift for your young scientist? Chec Need a holiday gift for your young scientist? Check out itch! And Rotten! By Anita Sanchez , both heavily illustrated, chapter books for upper elementary and beyond!
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Looking for a holiday gift? The mysterious messeng Looking for a holiday gift? The mysterious messenger is a middle grade mystery your kids are sure to enjoy!
home made wine and designed labels just in time fo home made wine and designed labels just in time for the holidays...
Holiday art donation for @wildrumpusbooksmpls #kid Holiday art donation for @wildrumpusbooksmpls #kidlitartsurprise #supportindiebookstores #kidlitart
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