Charles Ghigna is an American children's author and poet. He served as the editor of the English Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English, taught Creative Writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and has written thirty books of prose and poetry for both children and adults. He currently lives in Homewood, Alabama (U.S.) with his wife and son.
Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) is a poet, children's author, and nationally syndicated feature writer who helps promote the love of children's literature by speaking at schools, colleges, conferences, and libraries. Charles is the author of more than thirty books of poetry for children and adults. His award-winning books and poems have been featured on ABC's "Good Morning America," selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club, featured in the Scholastic Book Club, received the Parents' Choice Book Award, SEBA Book Award, the Chickadee Books Award, the Helen Keller Literary Award, and the Alabama Library Association Book Award. Charles has served as poetry editor of The English Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English and has presented his poetry programs at the Library of Congress, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American Library in Paris and at hundreds of schools, colleges, conferences, libraries, and book fairs throughout the U.S. and overseas. His poems for children appear in Cricket, Ladybug, Highlights for Children, Ranger Rick', Children's Digest, Children's Playmate, Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Child Life, Guideposts for Kids, Lollipops, Hopscotch, Pockets, Pre-K Today, Storyworks, Turtle. and in many anthologies including The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury (Knopf), Knock at a Star: A Child’s Introduction to Poetry (Little, Brown), and Read A Rhyme Write a Rhyme (Knopf), as well as in numerous other anthologies, textbooks, newspapers, journals and magazines. His poems for adults have appeared in many popular magazines including The New Yorker, Harper's, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Writer's Digest, The Saturday Evening Post, Guideposts, as well as in many other magazines, literary journals, anthologies, and textbooks including The Creative Writer’s Handbook (Prentice Hall).
References
- "Charles Ghigna (Father Goose)" An explication and bio-bibliographical guide. The Contemporary Authors Series. Volume 137. Thomson-Gale, 2005.
External links
- Ghigna's home page
- Complete bibliography for Charles Ghigna at author's Web site
- Charles Ghigna Papers at the University of Southern Mississippi
- Charles Ghigna portfolio at the Herman Agency, Inc
