by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Simple dot eyes, simple curved moths, multi-toned skin on big-headed babies are the winsome trademark of Helen Oxenvury’s endearing and memorable board books. Others in this must-see series include CLAP HANDS, ALL FALL DOWN and SAY GOODNIGHT. Submitted by...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Open the cover to discover a garden of the brightest blooms on the endpapers. Then, turn the pages as bold type and equally bold colors, greet the rising sun, the rooster, and a variety of animals. The sun parades across until evening. And “Whoo-ooo” will...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
With the use of color, space, shadows and precise words, Uri Shulevitz presents a remembrnce of his childhood as a refugee in Kazakhstan. One day, his father arrives home from the market with-instead of the essential bread to eat- the unlikely extravagance of –...
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
Woolbur’s family is concerned. He likes running with the dogs, not standing with the sheep. He likes his wool long — even in the spring–dyes himself blue and weaves a towering forelock on his happy head. “Isn’t it great?” is...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
We’re back in the sheriff’s office at the beginning of the book and just as in THE HOMEWORK MACHINE, each character will have a chance to say how all this came about. It turns out that the “brain” of the amazing computer that could do your...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
Sunny, her long-troubled mother and hard-drinking father are deep in the throes of debilitating grief after older sister and daughter, Jazz, has died in a far-from-home apartment fire. Then, a letter arrives….. from Jazz! She soon returns home, apologizing for...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
In this magical book by Australian author Colin Thompson, the sweet and simple life of a rat called Riley is compared to the much more complicated lives of humans. The illustrations are humorous and attractive. This title won the Children’s Book Council of...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Marjane Satrapi describes her life as a young girl in Iran and the difficulties she faced when the Shah was deposed and the Ayatollah Khomeini took power. Life for everyone became much more restrictive, especially for young girls. The message is underlined by the...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Fiction
Orphaned 15 year old Callum Murdoch arrives in Canada from his home in Scotland to live on his uncle’s farm. It will be hard to adjust to this new world and new life set just following the American Revolution but Callum works hard to make the change. Along the...
