Russell Ginns

Ginns worked as an editor for Sesame Street Magazine, 3-2-1 Contact, and The Electric Company. He created the Nintendo Adventure Books series.^[6][7] and several dozen puzzle books, choose-your-own-adventure books, and young adult fiction. Titles include Puzzlooney!,^[8][9][10] Go Figure, Midnight Science!,^[11] and The Big Book of Kids' Puzzles.^[12][13] Ginns created more than 100 workbooks for Sylvan Learning,^[14][15] Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, and Hooked on Phonics.

Between 2013 and 2015, Ginns wrote four collections of board books (The Little Box of Love; The Little Box of Laughs; The Little Box of Bedtime; and The Little Box of Classics) for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This series includes Is There a Chance You’ve Seen My Pants?,^[16] Bird on My Head, and Monster Love.

In 2017, Random House published the first title in Ginns's book series, Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans.^[17][18][19] He wrote My Big Book of Feelings for Rodale Press in 2020,^[20] the graphic novel Super Atomic Wombat Girl, and the Puzzlooies, series, a hybrid puzzle-story book format.^[21] The initial launch featured twelve titles, including Marooned on the Moon, One of Our Giant Robots Is Missing, and Space Cats to the Rescue.^[22] His 2022 title 1-2-3 Scream! is an anthology of humorous horror stories.^[23]

Ginns has also been published under the names Clyde Bosco, P. C. Russell Ginns, Jacques Barniarde, Kravis Winewater, Hans Shingle, and R. U. Ginns.

Ginns was the lead designer of^[24] Castle Infinity,^[25] the first MMORPG for kids. He wrote the original story treatment for Valve's Half-Life, as well as games for Hooked on Phonics,^[26] Hasbro, Sesame Street, and Lode Runner.

Ginns has worked as a designer/producer with several independent game publishers, developing titles that include Crop Circles,^[27][28] Pop! The Balloon Dog Puzzle Game,^[29] and AlphaNatix.,^[30] Thud!, Mercury Messenger, and Smart Kart.

His published board games include Wordspot,^[31] Schmear, Search Party, and Chess on the Loose.

• 1991: Super Mario Bros. Double Trouble ISBN 978-0671741129
• 1991: Super Mario Bros. Leaping Lizards ISBN 978-0671741136
• 1994: Go Figure! Puzzles, Puns, and Funny Figures of Speech ISBN 9780553481822
• 1995: Puzzlooney! ISBN 978-0716765325
• 1996: Midnight Science ISBN 978-0716765691
• 2009: Chick-Chick the Ping-Pong Champ ISBN 978-1940384146
• 2013: Is There a Chance You've Seen My Pants? ISBN 978-0544340282
• 2014: Bird On My Head ISBN 978-0544340213
• 2014: Monster Love ISBN 978-0544357952
• 2016: Samantha Spinner and the Super-secret Plans ISBN 978-1524720001
• 2017: Samantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs ISBN 978-1524720049
• 2018: Samantha Spinner and the Boy in the Ball ISBN 978-1984849229
• 2019: My Big Book of Feelings ISBN 978-0525571407
• 2020: One of Our Giant Robots Is Missing ISBN 978-0525572084
• 2020: The Last Donut ISBN 978-0525572077
• 2021: Marooned on the Moon ISBN 978-0593450291
• 2021: Don't Feed Fluffy! ISBN 978-0525572169
• 2022: 1-2-3 Scream! ISBN 978-0593374078

• Official website