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One Hundred Shoes: A Math Reader
Charles Ghigna, Bob Staake
Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Nov. 26, 2002)Centipede has one hundred feet. One hundred feet means one hundred shoes. How in the world does Centipede choose shoes? This Math Reader clearly demonstrates the concepts of pairs and multiple sets, all in simple, rollicking, rhythmic text and with bright, graphic illustrations.
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A Parade of Puppies by Charles Ghigna
Charles Ghigna
Board book (Orca Book Publishers, July 6, 1796)None
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I See Fall
Charles Ghigna
Paperback (Capstone, Aug. 16, 2011)Experience the many joys of fall. From pumpkins and leaves to apples and Halloween.
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A Windy Day in Spring
Charles Ghigna
Paperback (Raintree, March 10, 2016)Feel that springtime breeze? Lyrical, rhyming text takes young readers on a journey with adorable animals frolicking in the springtime wind.
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Raindrops Fall All Around
Charles Ghigna
Paperback (Raintree, Feb. 11, 2016)April showers bring May flowers! Lyrical, rhyming text takes young readers on a journey with furry and feathery friends to experience springtime rain.
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See the Yak Yak
Charles Ghigna
Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 17, 1999)Have you ever seen a fly fly, or a duck duck? You will have when you read this book! In See the Yak Yak, comical illustrations help beginning readers decode the simple text and decipher the riddle rhymes while they learn about homonyms, words that sound alike but that have different meanings. This melodious menagerie will have kids kid-ding around for hours!
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One Hundred Shoes
Charles Ghigna, Bob Staake
eBook (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 27, 2013)Centipede has one hundred feet. One hundred feet means one hundred shoes. How in the world does Centipede choose shoes? This Math Reader clearly demonstrates the concepts of pairs and multiple sets, all in simple, rollicking, rhythmic text and with bright, graphic illustrations.
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Sunshine Brightens Springtime
Charles Ghigna
Paperback (Raintree, March 10, 2016)Who doesn't love springtime sun? Lyrical, rhyming text takes young readers on a journey with furry and feathery friends to experience spring sunshine.
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Animal Trunk: Silly Poems to Read Aloud
Charles Ghigna
Hardcover (Harry N. Abrams, Sept. 1, 1999)A collection of simple poems about such animals as donkeys, cows, giraffes, monkeys, kittens, and goats.
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See the Yak Yak
Charles Ghigna
Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 17, 1999)Have you ever seen a fly fly, or a duck duck? You will have when you read this book! In See the Yak Yak, comical illustrations help beginning readers decode the simple text and decipher the riddle rhymes while they learn about homonyms, words that sound alike but that have different meanings. This melodious menagerie will have kids kid-ding around for hours!
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A Fury of Motion, A: Poems for Boys
Charles Ghigna
Hardcover (Wordsong, Sept. 1, 2003)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.
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Christmas Is Coming
Charles Ghigna, Debra Ghigna
Hardcover (Charlesbridge, July 1, 2000)Thoughts of Christmas become joyful poems in this celebration of the holiday season. 27 poems illustrate the anticipation, delight, and warmth of Christmas-time. These charming verses will wrap readers up in the exhilaration of decorating the house in Christmas finery, going on the hunt for the perfect tree, and all of the other wonderful events of the holiday season. Accompany a family as they excitedly prepare for Christmas, enjoy the holiday, and then carefully put it all away until next year.Lovely watercolor illustrations by Mary O'Keefe Young bring to mind Christmas tree lights and shiny presents, the smell of Christmas cookies, and cold snow--great for sledding and building funny snowmen. The joys of Christmas are brightly illuminated in warmly illustrated poems that children will read again and again, year after year.
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