Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) is the author of more than 50 award-winning books from Random House, Disney, Hyperion, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Abrams and other publishers. His books have been featured on ABC’s "Good Morning America," PBS, and NPR. He is a poet, children’s author, speaker, and nationally syndicated feature writer who promotes the love of poetry and children’s literature throughout the world and the author of more than 5000 poems for children and adults. His poems have appeared in hundreds of textbooks, anthologies, and magazines from The New Yorker and Harper's to Cricket and Highlights. His poems also appear in the national SAT and ACT tests. He has served as poetry editor of The English Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English and has presented poetry programs at the Library of Congress, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American Library in Paris, the International Schools of South America and at hundreds of other schools, colleges, conferences, libraries, book fairs, and literary events throughout the world.

Barn Storm (Step Into Reading)
written with Debra Ghigna
illustrated by Diane Greenseid
Random House, 2010
ages 4 to 6, ISBN 978-0-375-86114-7

When a twister hits the pond near Farmer Brown’s farm, some very odd things happen. The fish and frogs take flight. They land in some unlikely places—like the barn and the pigs’ trough—setting off an uproarious chain of events that affects the entire farm. Once the weather subsides and the farmer and his family emerge from the storm cellar, they encounter a whole new world, including some unexpected (and four-legged) tenants in their house!

Snow Wonder (Step Into Reading)
illustrated by Julia Woolf
Random House, 2008
ages 4 to 6, ISBN 978-0375855863

When two children wake up to find that it has snowed, they spend the day riding sleds, building snowmen, making snow angels, skating a figure eight, and even taking a break to make gingerbread cookies with grandma. It’s a day filled with wonderful wintry fun! In simple, rhymed text new readers get to experience the wonder of that magical first snow fall.

Score! 50 Poems to Motivate and Inspire
illustrated by Julia Gorton
Harry N. Abrams, 2008
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-0810994881

Bestselling children’s poet Charles “Father Goose” Ghigna has crafted fifty energizing poems for children, parents, teachers, and coaches filled with fun metaphors and reassuring rhymes. Score! is a unique collection that encourages children to reach for their dreams and stay on the path to success. Young athletes will read these poems and be motivated, students studying for a test will be energized, and any young person who is working toward a goal or trying to leap over one of life’s many hurdles will be galvanized.

Love Poems
Crane Hill Publishers, 2006
ages 10 and up, ISBN 978-1575872711

Twenty-one poems of love and devotion by one of America's best-loved poets. The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day or and other special occasion.

Halloween Night
illustrated by Adam McCauley
Running Press (Mini Edition), 2006
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-0762428205

Halloween Night, the charming and silly collection of children’s Halloween poetry by the award-winning author/illustrator team of Charles Ghigna and Adam McCauley, is a bestseller for Running Press Kids. Now, this popular read-aloud collection is condensed into a convenient Miniature Edition that’s perfectly sized to fit in trick-or-treating bags.

Oh My, Pumpkin Pie! (Step Into Reading)
illustrated by Kenneth Spangler
Random House, 2005
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-0375829451

Autumn in the pumpkin patch, no two pumpkins ever match!
Some are big and win a prize, some wind up in pumpkin pies!

Read about all kinds of pumpkins in this simple rhyming Step 2, perfect for fall!