Charles Ghigna, bekend als Father Goose®, is een productieve auteur met meer dan 100 boeken en meer dan 5.000 gedichten die in diverse publicaties zijn verschenen. Zijn werken, vaak gericht op kinderliteratuur, kenmerken zich door een speelse en toegankelijke stijl. Ghigna's toewijding strekt zich uit tot onderwijs en frequente deelname aan literaire evenementen en lezingen wereldwijd, wat hem lof heeft opgeleverd van lezers van alle leeftijden. Zijn poëtische output straalt vreugde en ontdekking uit, waardoor hij een geliefde figuur is in kinderpoëzie.
Exploring the interplay of imagination and reality, this collaboration features poet Charles Ghigna and his artist son, Chip Ghigna. Their combined talents create a whimsical dreamland, where poetry and art come together to evoke laughter and warmth. This enchanting collection invites readers of all ages to experience a world where visions transform into reality, showcasing the unique bond between father and son through their creative expressions.
Illustrations and brief text present pairs of words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
This charming book provides young readers with an introduction to sunshine, using rhyming text, beautiful illustrations and fun facts.
This charming book provides young readers with an introduction to rain, using rhyming text, beautiful illustrations and fun facts.
This charming book provides young readers with an introduction to wind, using rhyming text, beautiful illustrations and fun facts.
This charming book provides young readers with an introduction to hail, using rhyming text, beautiful illustrations and fun facts.
A rhyming look at different kinds of pumpkins and what they might become.
When a tornado touches down in a pond on Farmer Brown's property, it sets off a chain of events among the barnyard animals that soon has every creature displaced, but not unhappy.
When dogs are good, they're very good--man's best friend and all that. And when they're bad . . . well, watch out. The rhyming text is dry, droll--and right on target in this clever flip-over book that catches dogs in all sorts of compromising positions. Illustrations in full color.
Think poems are for sissies and grandmothers? Then check Charles Ghigna's engaging new book of verse, A Fury of Motion. With style, humor, and passion, Ghigna has created a world in which adolescents and teenagers, especially boys, will find empathy and refuge. In forty-six poems, the poet delivers a hearty mix of verse that conveys the power at the line of scrimmage, the "lost boys" of hunting season, the threat of loneliness, the clarity of autumn, and the silliness of science. Here's a thoroughly appealing book that will attract those teens who believe poetry is far beneath or beyond them.
