Gail Gibbons
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Gail Gibbons is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Gail Gibbons
Gail Gibbons has written and illustrated more than 170 nonfiction books for children, on subjects from seeds and seasons to fire trucks. She studied graphic design at the University of Illinois and worked on artwork for television shows, including a children's show, before turning to books.
She lives in rural Vermont in a passive solar house built by her husband, Kent Ancliffe, and in 1987 received the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C./Washington Post Nonfiction Award, given for a body of work that has contributed significantly to nonfiction for children.
Also by this author: Monarch Butterfly · The Reasons for Seasons · Fire! Fire!
Official website: www.gailgibbons.com
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.