Local children's author to hold book launch event at library

 “Father Goose” is launching is newest book at his local library — the Homewood Public Library.

Charles Ghigna, a children’s book author and Homewood resident, will launch his newest title, A Carnival of Cats and the rest of his Tiny Tales board book series, on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. Books will also be sold by Little Professor Book Center at the event.

According to Publishers Weekly, "Ghigna and [illustrator] Bridgeman offer a rhyming guessing game featuring 10 cats, set against the festive atmosphere of a carnival. Pennants, balloons, lanterns, and confetti adorn Bridgeman’s mixed-media illustrations, while readers can turn the pages to complete Ghigna’s playful rhymes... Cat lovers of any age should be delighted." (015-08-03)

Ghigna has written more than 5,000 poems and published more than 100 children’s books for Random House, Disney, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster and other publishers.

He writes in his “tree house,” the attic of his 1927 English Tudor home on West Linwood Drive where he has lived with his wife, Debra, for nearly 40 years.