by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Picture Book
Where can you go to find the perfect family? For Grace it looks like the answer may be The Gambia. Papa has invited her to visit him and she’s hoping for the family she’s always dreamed of.
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Picture Book
Excitement is everywhere among the girls when they learn they have a chance to compete to be a princess this year. What kind of dresses would they wear as a princess? How would they look?Grandmother has some surprising information for them. There are all kinds of...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
It doesn’t feel very good when your best friend moves away and everybody else at school already has a special friend. Feeling like the odd man out, Phineas Listerman MacGuire, otherwise known as Mac, just might be stuck with a kid named Mac R. who doesn’t...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
For Mac there is nothing better than science and all the slimey, moldy things and out of this world places that are a part of it. Now he’s found out about Space camp and he’d really love to be able to go but his mother tells him he’s going to have to...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Fiction
Poppleton is settling into his new home in his new town and finds himself beset with neighborliness. Cherry Sue, a llama, just keeps inviting him over for meals. Poppleton doesn’t know how to say no without seeming to be rude. In the second story, Poppleton sets...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Fiction
From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and acclaimed illustrator Mark Teague comes Poppleton, a posh and persnickety pig with friends and adventure abound! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic’s early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Fiction
Poppleton entertains again as he stargazes with his pal, Hudson; shops for a new bed; and sails on Fillmore the goat’s sailboat. Fun for all. 56 pages Ages 5-8
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Fiction
Poppleton returns in this group of three little stories that center on friendship, feelings and getting sick. In the first story Poppleton is worried about his small tree and it takes the insights of the llama,Cherry Sue, to realize the little guy needs some company....
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Fiction
As Poppleton sets about his spring cleaning, he is determined to get rid of some of his clutter. But the more he tries to clean things out, he finds himself bringing more things in. In the second story, he goes to get himself a bicycle and talks himself out of it and...
by Mike Costanzo | Jul 21, 2009 | Fiction
Laced with rhyme and humor, these three stories follow Poppleton through the rituals of fall. First he hosts some geese who are traveling south and after treating them to some cookies, they’re off only to be followed by more waves of geese all looking forward to...
