by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Non-Fiction
There have been some moments in the history of baseball that are the stuff of legends. This book includes five such stories. There is Babe Ruth pointing to the stands where his homerun ball will land. There is Joe DiMaggio hitting in 56 consecutive games. There is the...
by Dawn | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a very powerful, simple story. Once the Maasai people of Kenya were powerful warriors. They now live a peaceful life as nomadic herders. For them the cow is life. One day they heard about the tragedy of September 11,2001. The Maasai people thought hard about...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Imagine you are taking a space elevator out into the solar system all the way to one of Jupiter’s moons! If you’re on Io, you’re going to see a lot of volcanoes? Why? Why does Earth have many volcanoes but our moon has none. Let’s go exploring...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Non-Fiction
There are children who ask questions and do not easily accept the polite answers we try to give to them. This book is written for them. “Why do I have to sit at the table to eat when I’m not hungry?” “Why do I have to listen to other kids...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Olver Donnington Rimington-Sneep (yes, you know) ‘COULDN’T and DIDN’T and would NOT SLEEP!’ But, luckily, his bed and room and house hold amusement galore for the imaginative Oliver to last long into the night until—peek in...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Her real name was Annie Sullivan, but her nickname suited her, Miss Spitfire. Annie was orphaned as a child. She and her beloved brother were sent to an Almshouse in Massachusetts. Jimmy died soon after and Annie, who was herself almost completely blind, certainly...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Humor
Mercy Watson, a charming pink pig, wakes in the night to her favorite sound…the toaster. This is a pig who lives for and loves buttered toast. She heads downstairs with visions of bread and butter but finds a burglar instead. Buttered toast does that to people...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
A girl and her dog set out on a beautiful day for a ride in their canoe. But, suddenly it’s not just the two of them anymore! Just how many animals can you squeeze into a One-Dog Canoe?
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Non-Fiction
So where did the Earth and all the rest of the Solar System come from? It turns out we were an Earth-clump! It formed and then a big chunk hit us and a moon clump! This is a wonderfully simple but highly informative book on how our planet began. There are fascinating...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Non-Fiction
About 200 years ago a man named William Smith was building a large canal. As he dug into the earth, he ‘noticed that there were fossils in the strata’ and that ‘each layer had its own kinds of fossils.’ The layers showed how the plants and...
