Rob Gilbert is an American

United States

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 cartoonist

Cartoonist

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, animation

Animation

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 instructor, and illustrator

Illustrator

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 best known for children's books and illustrations.

Gilbert was born in New York City and began drawing at an early age. He studied at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art

Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art

The Kubert School, formerly the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year technical school that teaches the principles of sequential art and the particular craft of the comics industry as well as commercial illustration...

 and attended the School of Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts

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 (SVA), as well as the Art Students' League.

Gilbert is well known for his monthly comic strip, "The Adventures of Ranger Rick

Ranger Rick

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" for the National Wildlife Federation's

National Wildlife Federation

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 "Ranger Rick Magazine," which he illustrated between 1999 and 2009. He has illustrated several books for children including:

• "It's Raining, It's Pouring
  It's Raining, It's Pouring
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  ," written by Kin Eagle, 1994. Whispering Coyote Press
• "Out of the Night," by Lola Schaefer, 1995. Whispering Coyote Press
• "Hey Diddle, Diddle," by Kin Eagle, 1996. Charlesbridge Publishing
• "Rub A Dub, Dub," by Kin Eagle, 1997. Charlesbridge Publishing
• "Humpty Dumpty," by Kin Eagle, 1999. Charlesbridge Publishing.