by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
Young Trisha grows up in a home where story is part of every day life. Her mother reads to her every night and she can’t wait to grow up and be big enough to read all by herself. In kindergarten she watches as the magic of reading comes to the children around...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
A young man has relocated to Massachusetts after just being found not guilty of killing his girlfriend. He comes to live with his aunt and uncle and his young cousin. His cousin, Lily, does not want anything to do with him. Slowly, the story unfolds: the young cousin...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
A young pregnant cat hears a howl that calls her. An angry, abused boy grows up to be an angry abusive man. An enormous alligator lurks deep in the swamp. A mysterious jar waits deep inside a tree. This is a tale of haunting beauty and slowly building tension and...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
A.J. is a photographer for the school newspaper. Valentine’s day is coming, and with it comes the reminder to A.J. that she doesn’t have a boyfriend and she doesn’t have a cover photo for the Valentine’s edition of the paper. Then, one night,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
After 9/11/2001, Charles R. Smith Jr. wanted to write a book that celebrated all of the different kinds of Americans that live in this country and make it great. He used his powerful gift for photography and his magnetic gift for poetry to create this reminder that...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
After working in the field of pop-up books for years, these two guys knew a lot about the art of paper engineering. They would have conversations as they were designing new books in which one would say to the other, “Why don’t you do the...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Again set in Guatemala, this time guerrilla soldiers attack the village where Santiago and his family live. Everything is lost including his parents…only Santiago and his four-year-old sister survive. He decides to try to make it to America, so they set sail in...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
1985 Newbery Medal Winner Ah what a glorious tale! Aerin is the daughter of the King of Damar, but she has a magical heritage from her mother, a witch woman. A self-reliant, brave, young woman, Aerin sets forth to find her rightful place and along the way receives the...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Ah yes, the difficult life of the orphan … and so it is with Miss Molly Moon who would love to be popular, rich and beautiful but sadly is not. Molly has always wanted to be SPECIAL, but life has been one struggle after another for her until the day she goes to...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Ah, a love story! Kezi is growing up and loves to dance. She has a crush on someone in the village. That’s her life as she knows it, but unbeknownst to her, she is about to meet Olus, the God of Wind, and her mother is about to become very ill. Life is about to...
