by Mike Costanzo | Dec 15, 2009 | Poetry
Wow!The talents of poet Walter Dean Myers and his son, artist Chrisopher Myers, explode in this vibrant collection of poems and images that celebrate the rise and history of jazz.Just what is jazz?Where did it come from and what makes it jazz?It throbs and sings and...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 15, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Charles Darwin was a very curious boy who loved to wander in nature observing and collecting specimens. Beetles were a favorite. As he grew, his father sent him off to boarding school but Charles was not much of a student. His great opportunity arose when a friend...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
In 1889 Eugene W. Field, called “the children’s poet,” published this poem. It has been read at bedtime and at other times by countless families since. Three little children float off into the sky in their wooden shoe. The stars are the fish in their...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
What a wonderful book about whales for young children. It’s designed to reach out to children to really help them understand how large a whale is and how wondrous a whale is. There are marvelous illustrations showing a child standing on a whale or a child...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
Has there always been a Superman? It seems that way but the true story is Superman was born from the imaginations of two guys, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This is the story of how these two guys were short, wore glasses and were “lousy at sports and mousy...
