Brad Smith is an award-winning children’s book and graphic novel illustrator known for bringing stories to life with vibrant, whimsical art and expressive characters. His published credits include The Farmer Who Chose to Plant Kindness, the Blades of Eternity series (Book 1 winner of the 2025 Good Book Mom Award for Best Fiction), How to Be a Kingdom Ninja graphic novel, the SuperChef Family Cookbook, and the Scout & Barnaby Mysteries chapter book series.
Children’s Books Brad has Illustrated:
SuperChef Family Cookbook
Tyndale Publishing hired Brad to create comic illustrations of Darnell “Superchef” Ferguson and his superhero friend, which not only tells Darnell’s story but has awesome and delicious recipes too. Brad was honored to be apart of this book!
The King Who Found His Self Control
Harvest House Publishing hired Brad to create this original story written by Costi and Christyne Hinn. Brad had a great time designing the kingdom, the characters and every little detail in it to help the story come to life. It was a pleasure to work with them!
The Farmer Who Chose to Plant Kindness
This is the second installment of The King Who Found His Self Control. This was a lot of fun! The book takes place in the same kingdom and characters from the first book show up in the second so keep an eye out! Just like the first book there is a hefty consequence to the decisions made in the book!
How to Be a Kingdom Ninja
Harvest House Publishing Hired Brad to create this Graphic Novel by Daniel Gil. This was a fun and challenging project as this was Brad’s first Graphic Novel he’s ever created. Words cannot describe how fun it was to illustrate How to Be a Kingdom Ninja!