by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
Cary loves to visit the library. One day while she’s there, she pretends to herself that she is the librarian and imagines a day when animals and birds can come to the library, too. So the animals come. The lion and the elephant, the canary and the cow…...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
Celia and her mother live in a cottage in the country. One day mother becomes ill and the only thing that can save her is a taste of the sweet water of her childhood. Accompanied by the ever-complaining dog, Brumble, Celia sets forth to get the sweet water. Along the...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Poetry
Charles R. Smith Jr. brings the dynamic determination and excellence of these twelve male basketball players alive in his rap-inspired poetry. So, who are you most like? Is it Alan Iverson or Chris Webber? The book rings with power. The book has a twin, Hoop...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
Charles Stavros holds onto that red bag and never lets it out of his sight. Kevin watches him and, day by day, becomes more convinced there is a bomb in that bag. Mr. Stavros with his dark hair, dark eyes and moustache looks like a terrorist intent on blowing up...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Humor
Charley Maplewood is about to turn the big one-oh. He’s never been much of a party animal but for this major milestone in life he decides he’s going to have a party. Now having a party means making friends and right now Charley doesn’t have any...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
Charlie Ashanti returns home to find his scientist parents have been kidnapped. Charlie astutely discerns the danger he himself might be in and makes his escape before he too can be captured. Who is after them and why? As Charlie tucks himself away on a ship floating...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Charlie lives in England in the 1700s and is forced to leave home at a young age. Upon arriving in America, he finds himself an indentured servant and endures difficult servitude and slavery as the story unfolds. Rare to read an historical fiction book at this reading...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Charlotte Parkhurst is living in an orphanage until the day her best friend is adopted, and she finds herself alone. She decides to run away and heads into town pretending to be a boy. She finds work in the local stable and eventually learns to drive the stage, still...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Sports
Children need inspiration today and maybe even a bit of encouragement when times get tough. This is a collection of six stories about kids involved in gymnastics, football, soccer, karate, basketball and baseball. Each is a story with a message or a lesson about life....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Cinderellis is a boy inventor with two big brothers, Ralph and Burt, who just won’t accept him no matter how hard he tries. Invention after invention fails to penetrate their closed minds and their closed togetherness. How lonely he is! Then, one day,...
