by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Poetry
“What makes a boy into a man?” is a question a lot of boys ask themselves, perhaps unknowingly, and many a father asks, himself, aloud. This classic poem is brought to life and integrated with our times by the sensitive photographs of Charles R. Smith, Jr....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
“Would you rather know what’s going to happen or not know?” Our story begins with a very normal conversation between two teen-aged sisters, Nat and Claire: “Did you borrow my black thing” and “I think I’m going to break up...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
“You don’t know how to live like I do,” Ragweed tells Poppy in the last seconds before Ocax the Owl swoops down upon him. Take one small but very brave mouse, and add a devious, old owl and a mouse community that has overrun the boundaries of its...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Science Fiction
Winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal “You were a star once, weren’t you?” Charles Wallace asks Mrs. Whatsit and that line alone will give you the sense that this book takes you to a new place. It takes you to a new way of looking at the world, to a new...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
A boy and girl have to work together to write a fairy tale. She wants to make up a story about a princess who has eight little ponies. He wants a story about a really cool motorcycle dude. Best read aloud I know for even elementary-aged kids. Great for family story...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
A boy named Milo is bored one day, and the result is that we all enter into a tollbooth that takes us to the magical land of the Island of Conclusions, the Mountains of Ignorance and the Sea of Knowledge. Grab this book, and settle down for a wondrous adventure that...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
A brother and sister find themselves in the care of their uncle, who is captain of a vessel anchored off the coast of China. Their parents are off doing some sort of research, and the kids have been kicked out of school after school. They aren’t bad kids; rather...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
The wits of the amazing Enola Holmes are challenged again. After her mother runs off to join the gypsies, fourteen year old Enola has been raised to be a self-reliant, independent young lady. Her older brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft, want to put her in a finishing...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
A Category 5 hurricane sweeps through La Rupa, a small town in Honduras, in 1998. Mudslides take many lives, and young Jose has to step up to take care of his own family and the neighbors, who are huddling together in the aftermath. Faced with a lack of food, water,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
A delightful tale of a small elephant who gets separated from the herd and goes in search of safety. He joins a herd of buffalo and tries to fit in. It’s quite an adventure, and eventually the little fellow finds himself faced by a difficult decision: Who is he?...
