by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Historical Fiction
How great to have an early reader that gives our children a sense of being a child during the American Revolution. In this story, young Letty and her family are going to have to flee from their home because the Redcoats are coming. Letty has to leave her pet goose,...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Humor
Whenever Mom bakes a pie, something bad is about to happen. That’s why Dad and Wilson call it Bad News Pie. Tonight a pumpkin pie is coming out of the oven. ‘Who died?’ asks Dad. But it turns out the bad news is that Mom’s long lost brother, a...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Mystery
This is Book #1 of this new series by David A. Adler who writes the Cam Jansen books and a wonderful series of biographies for young readers. Meet Jeffrey Bones, boy detective. He’s off on a shopping trip with his grandfather, carrying his detective bag filled...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Ben loves to go to Jo-Jo’s Jelly Bean Shop. Every Saturday Jo-Jo has a riddle, and if you shout out the answer to the riddle, you win a big jar of jelly beans. Every Saturday, Ben and his sister, Jill, go to the store and hear the riddle. Ben always knows the...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Mystery
Oh, how cool. If you haven’t met her yet, Cam is a young lady whose real name is Jennifer, but everyone calls her Cam short for Camera. Why? Well, Cam has an amazing gift. If you say, ‘Click,’ to her, she can use her mind like a camera and bring up a...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Humor
Buzz has a pet fly named Fly Guy. Today, Buzz and his family are going off on a road trip. Mom and Dad say Fly Guy has to stay home so he won’t get lost, but when they get to their first stop and open the car, who pops out? Yep, Fly Guy! Everywhere they go, they...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Nine-year-old Noah has moved to the prairie of Colorado with his family. It’s 1880. Noah loves his life on the prairie, feeding the chickens, killing the snakes, and keeping the fire lit on the hearth. Now, his Aunt Dora has come, and she’s supposed to...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Fiction
Pickles is a yellow cat with big paws who lives in a barrel and has nothing to do all day long except chase the other cats. Mrs. Goodkind is a lady who tries to help Pickles by giving him a nice home. Pickles doesn’t want that nice home. He goes back to chasing...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Sam is just a boy living on a farm in Lexington, Massachusetts. When word comes that the British have left Boston and are headed toward Lexington to get gunpowder and ammunition, the Minuteman gather together to stop them, and Sam’s father tells Sam to get his...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 27, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Afghanistan and the Taliban. These words are familiar to us now. Meet Parvana, a young Afghani girl, arguing with her sister and getting stuck doing the dishes until the night when the Taliban comes and takes her father away. When Parvana goes to the prison with her...
