by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
We come quietly in with the golden key to find the light, the book, the bed in the room. Then soar to the sun in the moon and home again on the sings of a golden-eyed bird to “the house in the night a home full of light.” Black and white scratchboard...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Now that this song is a preschool standard, it’s great fun to have this generously large board book, too. Round babies of all shades rock and roll and demonstrate the song. Music and lyrics included! Submitted by M.G.
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Romiette is African-American and Julio is Latino and they have fallen in love. The relationship is threatened by those who do not feel comfortable with interracial dating. They find themselves going against the Devildogs, a gang that wants to destroy their acceptance...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Delia can’t read and she’s made it all the way to the sixth grade. No one knows not even her parents and she’s too embarrassed to tell. But now the standardized testing is coming up and if she doesn’t score well enough on it, she won’t be...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
Ziggy and his friends are off to space camp where they will meet real astronauts and have a chance to experience what it’s like to travel in space. How do astronauts go to the bathroom anyway? Ever heard of Mr. Thirsty? Then there is the mystery of what happens...
