Charles Ghigna

COVER REVEAL from The University of Alabama Press! Hardback and paperback, 270 pages. Fifty years in the making. With foreword by Jennifer Horne. Blurbs by Jay Lamar, Kelly Kazek, Karen-David-Hudson, Nikki Grimes. Please click link for more details and to place preorders. Thank you! ❤️

"PEACE" Art by Chip Ghigna from ChipGhigna.com

TOO MANY BOOKS?

Books on the table!
Books on the floor!
Books on the bed!
Books in the drawer!

Time to get going
Back out the door,
Back to the library—
To get me some more!

©Charles Ghigna
Art by Chip Ghigna

Happy 1st Day of Autumn! 🍁 ... from Highlights Magazine.

Happy Day in the Treehouse! Highlights for Children accepted a new poem. 😊

SUDDENLY SEPTEMBER

A crisp cool
sky blue
lazy day
in the middle
of summer
and suddenly
the leaves
shimmer
with a golden secret
and the breeze
whispers low
"It's autumn."

©Charles Ghigna
Art by Chip Ghigna from ChipGhigna.com

Happy Book Birthday, SWEET DREAMS! ❤️ 2025 International Book Award Winner! 🎉 www.amazon.com/Sweet-Dreams...

Thanks for the birthday greetings! 🍰

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY! 🎉 www.amazon.com/Kids-Love-Co...

YouTube video by Google Play Books Southern Bred: Poems by Charles Ghigna · Audiobook preview

The audio book arrived! Here's a sample.
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Coins, Rhymes, and Wonder: Father Goose's Whimsical Kids Love Coins! Picture Book Renowned Children's Author Charles Ghigna Teams Up with Whitman for a Light, Refreshing and Much Needed Kids' Guide to Coin Collecting.

New children's book on the way! 🎉

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COVER REVEAL! Happy dancin' in the treehouse! Eric Carle would be so happy to see this. Me too! 😁❤🎉 Check out the details here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Happy dancin' in the treehouse today! Our sweet little SWEET DREAMS just received the 2025 International Book Award! 🤩 www.amazon.com/Sweet-Dreams...

The Art of Listening - Cricket Media, Inc. We all have feelings and opinions. One of the best ways we have to understand each other’s feeling and opinions is to listen, to simply stop talking, open our minds and our hearts, and listen to what ...

"The Art of Listening”from Cricket Media. Sometimes when we take time to really listen to each other, we come to discover just how much we have in common, how very much we are so very much alike. ❤️ cricketmedia.com/age-range/th...

Alabama's beloved Father Goose to release series of books this summer | Bham Now Father Goose, a beloved local author, is set to release 6 new poetry books this summer. Keep reading to learn more about Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) and how he inspires you poets. #fathergoose #char...

Honored to be the subject of this article by Jordyn Davis for BHAM NOW! bhamnow.com/2025/05/22/a...

Congratulations to all the young poets who read their poems at the Father Goose Poetry Festival! ❤️🥳

The new May edition of CRICKET Magazine arrived! ❤️

Happy National Limerick Day! 🤣

MAYBERRY LIMERICK

When caught in the throes of life
To relieve the stress and strife
Don't despair
Just pull up a chair
And turn on Barney Fife.

©Charles Ghigna

SWEET DREAMS is a Publishers Weekly Pick! 🎉
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“Squirrel” comes from the Greek word meaning “shadow tail.”

Puppies and Poetry! Come join the fun this Saturday at the Trussville Library. Click link for details: www.trussvillelibrary.com/event/13233118

from LADYBUG Magazine 🐞

from CRICKET Magazine. Happy Earth Day, April 22 ... and EVERY day! ❤🌏

Daisy loves every bunny! 💕

Come join the fun next month! 🎉 See details at FatherGoose.com

Giant pages from our Alabama book adorn the walls of the Children's Museum in Huntsville! 🎈

Discover @mattforrestvw.bsky.social @charlesghigna.bsky.social @allanwolf100.bsky.social & @joycesidman.bsky.social's inspiration & excitment about their new PB poetry anthology - A Universe of Rainbows. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @ebyrbooks #interview #kidlit #STEM

Wraparound cover reveal! Hardback. Reading & signing, July 15, 4 pm at the Alabama Booksmith. Click link for details. www.alabamabooksmith.com/signed-copie...

Poetry from Daily Life: Where do poems come from? Everywhere! Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

Thanks to David Harrison, The Springfield News-Leader, and all the other newspapers for carrying my column today. And thank YOU for reading it! 💖

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