Louise Gikow
Personal Information
Description
Louise Gikow is an Emmy Award–winning author/composer of more than 150 scripts, books, and songs for kids and adults, including scripts for Sesame Workshop. She was editorial director and creative consultant at Jim Henson Productions for eleven years. She also created and ran a publishing and multimedia division at Nickelodeon. She lives in New York City.
Books
Spider Man
Jim Henson Presents The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic is a story about Bean Bunny, his brother Lugsy, his sister Twitch and an adventure they have at a very unusual bunny picnic. If you've been to a bunny picnic you know how much fun they can be. If you've never been to one, I think you're in for a treat!
Weekly Reader presents Wembley Fraggle and the magic stone
Wembley wishes on a "magic stone" that he be able to make decisions more easily, and his belief in the wish changes his life dramatically.
The legend of the Doozer who didn't
This "old legend" explains what happened to one Doozer who violated Doozer tradition by stopping working and going to school.
Sprocket, Dog Detective
Sprocket the dog has an exciting day when he follows Uncle Traveling Matt Fraggle, the famous Fraggle explorer.
The big game
A child who has trouble with some of the soccer skills finds an important role as goalie.
Dr. Seuss's how the Grinch stole Christmas! movie storybook
Relates the life story of the Grinch, who survives a boisterous childhood and almost ruins Christmas for the Whos of Who-ville.
Red hat, green hat
As Leona wanders around in her two-colored hat, she causes quite a commotion.
Meet Jim Henson
Photographs and simple text introduce Jim Henson and the popular puppets he created.
Sprocket's Christmas tale
Gobo Fraggle and Sprocket the dog each have a special wish for Christmas, and on Christmas morning both wishes come true.
Wembley and the soggy map
When Wembley accidentally ruins Gobo's map, he learns that being very angry doesn't mean you stop caring about someone.