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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
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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Try a few picture books for Women’s History Mont Try a few picture books for Women’s History Month: Alice Across America by @sarahmarshauthor and How the Cookie Crumbled by your’s, truly!
A composition in plastics...aka bored in the kitch A composition in plastics...aka bored in the kitchen.
Come to book birthday tonight 8 pm eastern time! J Come to book birthday tonight 8 pm eastern time! Just sign up on the link at the @vcfawcya bio!
Experimenting... Experimenting...
Snow day! Snow day!
Experimenting... Experimenting...
A prompt response to “why do you teach?” A prompt response to “why do you teach?”
Snowed in? Start the new year with a middle grade Snowed in? Start the new year with a middle grade mystery....
#kidlit #middlegradebooks #middlegrademystery
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!
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