by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
It’s April Fool’s Day and Gilbert can’t wait to play tricks on his friends. He’s just getting his day started when his friend Patty tells him his shoes aren’t tied. Oh, good trick. Every step of the way though everyone has a trick to play...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Fiction
Nine-year-old Annie Pitts has big plans to try out to be chosen as the next ‘poster kid’ for the ‘Burger Barn,’ her favorite restaurant. That’s one way to show her snobby cousin that she’s pretty cool, too. The Annie Pitts series...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Nine-year old Annie Pitts dreams of fame and fortune and it’s just around the corner for her. She’s about to have her big break into stardom as a swamp monster in a movie. One problem though: the director of this movie is Mark, the older brother of Mathhew...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
It’s the first day of school and Gilbert is about to start the first grade. First grade seems a little bit hard. There are so many new things that his kindergarten teacher didn’t do. The Gilbert and Friends series continues.
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Gilbert and Lola are in the car and headed to the beach when Gilbert has a feeling he might have forgotten something. What could it be? It turns out he forgot his bathing suit. So, when the get to the beach, Gilbert goes shopping and buys a really cool suit that says...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Oh boy! Everyone from Gilbert’s day camp is going to sleep away camp at Camp Hi -Dee -Ho.But when Gilbert gets to camp, Lewis starts telling stories about the ghost that haunts the place and then tells Gilbert he’s drinking bug juice. Gilbert is definitely...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
If you’ve read the Gilbert books before, you probably remember that Lewis is the boy in Gilbert’s class who bothers him the most. Gilbert is surprised when he receives an invitation from Lewis to go to Lewis’ birthday party. Why would Lewis want to...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
It’s so hard for Gilbert to pay attention in school today because it’s almost Christmas vacation and all he can think about are the fun things he’ll get to do. So, when Christmas vacation starts the last thing on his mind is doing his homework....
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Gilbert and Lola are really looking forward to the visit of their cousin, Wally. But, when Wally arrives they quickly begin to see that for Wally everything is a competition. ‘Last one in is a rotten egg,’ shouts Wally. When they go to the Easter egg hunt,...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Gilbert is going to be George Washington in the class play about honesty and truth and the cherry tree. Gilbert is nervous and he decides to take home the hat that’s part of his costume so he can practice his part in the play wearing the hat. Only problem with...
