Gilbert Ford grew up in a family of professional photographers in Jackson, Mississippi, and moved to New York to attend Pratt Institute. After graduating, he worked as a designer and illustrator for a giftware company, creating educational puzzles, games, stickers, stationery, and activity books for children, before setting out on his own. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY where he has illustrated many New York Times best selling middle grade novels and also award-winning picture books. In 2015 he received his MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is the author/ illustrator of the non-fiction picture books The Marvelous Thing That Came From A Spring and How The Cookie Crumbled, both published by Atheneum. He is also the author/illustrator of his debut middle grade novel, Kindred Spirits, to be published by Macmillan/Ottaviano in 2020.
Discover the visionaries who revolutionized travel across air, water, and land.
A fallen spring sparks a playful revolution.
Discover how George Ferris defied odds to create the iconic Ferris wheel at the 1893 World's Fair.
Discover the messy truth behind the chocolate chip cookie's invention.
In 1909, a daring woman drives across America, defying expectations.
Discover the visionaries who revolutionized travel across air, water, and land.
Discover the surprising science behind what makes you itch.
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Discover the visionaries who revolutionized travel across air, water, and land.
A young psychic must uncover a ghost's secrets while seeking true friendship.
In 1909, a daring woman drives across America, defying expectations.
Discover the surprising science behind what makes you itch.
Three unlikely students uncover a mysterious truth behind a scholarship competition in Chicago.
Discover the messy truth behind the chocolate chip cookie's invention.
A fallen spring sparks a playful revolution.
Discover how George Ferris defied odds to create the iconic Ferris wheel at the 1893 World's Fair.
Creative company
The authors and illustrators who share the credits across Gilbert Ford's books.