HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the mothers of the world! Here are four of my favorites. My wife, mother, grandmother and daughter. ❤️

from Parent Magazine! ❤️

April is National Poetry Month! ❤️ www.amazon.com/Very-Hungry-...

SPRING HAS SPRUNG! ... with 16 seasonal book for your beginning readers! ❤️ www.amazon.com/stores/Charl...

A little one for your little ones in the new Mar/Apr BABYBUG Magazine from Cricket Media! ❤️

Honored to write the text for this beautiful tribute to the late artist Walter Anderson (1903-1965) ❤️ www.walterandersonmuseum.org/events-1/wal...

HOORAY for the Homewood Library! Thank you for playing such a big part in my writing life over the years. Then. And now! ❤️ www.homewoodlife.com/arts-culture...

Good news. Bad news. Little Tikes Dream Machine with SNOW WONDER just "Sold Out!" 🥰 Great way to keep the little ones entertained with books and reading ... even when the power goes out. ❤ www.littletikes.com/products/sto...

Come join the fun next Saturday! thehomewoodstar.com/news/homewoo...

It's finally here! HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY! May this little beauty bring the joy of poetry to you and your little ones for years to come! ❤️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/797246...

HOORAY! The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Poems is on the way next week!!! Take a peek at the first book party hosted by the most amazing Jama Rattigan! Check out her delicious treats! ♥️ jamarattigan.com/2026/02/13/n...

New book on the way from The University of Alabama Press. 270 pages from a lifetime of poetry.

From Cricket Magazine, a little one for your little ones ... as we sail away toward Valentine's Day! ❤️

Classroom fun for this coming Spring! ❤️

One of my favorite words is "home." I like to hear it. I like to say it. I like to write about it. Here's the opening poem from The Father Goose Treasury of Poetry illustrated by the talented Italian artist Sarah Brezzi. May your home be filled with light and love. ❤ www.amazon.com/Father-Goose...

THE DREAMER When the poet leaves the poem And the painter leaves the paint, When the preacher leaves the pulpit And the sinner leaves the saint, When the child leaves the mother And the stars all leave the night, May your dream awake the dreamers And lead us back to light.

A little one for your little ones from Humpty Dumpty Magazine. ❤️

Happy Winter Solstice from Cricket Magazine! ❄️

Happy Dancin' in the Treehouse! Just signed contract for new book of poems for adults! 🎉😊

Happy Picture Book Month! 🎉

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...

The audio book arrived! Here's a sample. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4se...

New children's book on the way! 🎉 www.greysheet.com/news/story/c...

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”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...

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! 🎉 www.amazon.com/Sweet-Dreams...

“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