Gail gibbons biography
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"Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children&#;s writer-illustrator."
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Gail Gibbons has been described as having a face that holds wonder like a cup." It is out of this natural curiosity for how things work and how things are made that she has based a successful career as an author and illustrator of children&#;s books. From life on a fishing island (Surrounded by Sea) to the history and makings of kites (Catch the Wind.&#;), she has taught children &#; and adults &#; about the inner workings of things and places in our environment.
As a child growing up in Chicago, Gail was always asking how does that work?" She created her first picture book at the age of four. It was four pages long and bound together with yarn. Recognizing Gail&#;s artistic talents, her kindergarten teacher alerted Gail&#;s parents to it, and Gail began taking art lessons. Soon thereafter she started writing he
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Gail Gibbons
American writer
Gail Gibbons is an American writer and illustrator of children's books, most of which are non-fiction. She started her career as a graphic artist for television, but transitioned to writing and designing children's books in the s.
Early life
[edit]Gibbons was born in Oak Park, Illinois in , and she was described as exhibiting "artistic talents at an early age."[citation needed] She gained a reputation in school as an artist, eventually creating her own small books that she personally described as "writing and drawing pictures of what I loved and where I wanted to be." She often visited the Chicago Art Institute nearby which likely fueled her passion for art.[citation needed] She studied graphic design at the University of Illinois. Gibbons herself quoted in the Something about the Author Autobiography Series, "I consider myself quite fortunate because I never had to debate with myself as to what I wanted to do with my
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Gail (Gretchen) Gibbons () Biography
Born , in Oak Park, IL; Education: University of Illinois, B.F.A.,
Career
Freelance writer and illustrator of children's books, —. WCIA-Television, Champaign, IL, artist, ; WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL, promotions and animation artist, ; Bob Howe Agency, Chicago, personal artist, ; WNBC-Television, House of Animation, New York, NY, personal artist, ; United Press International, New York, NY, freelance artist,
Member
Honors Awards
New York City Art Director Club award, , for The Missing Maple Syrup Sap Mystery; American Institute of Graphic Arts award, , for Clocks and How They Go; National Science Teachers Association/Children's Gail Gibbons Book Council Award, , for Locks and Keys, and , for Tool Book; certificate of appreciation from U.S. Postmaster General, , for The Post Office Book: Mail and How It Moves; American Library Association Notable Book award, , for Cars and How They Go, and , for The Milk Makers; Washington Post