by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
The Volnik family has just inherited a castle in Scotland, so they take a trip to see the relic and then decide to head back home with a few choice antiques. One of those antiques is a locked roll-top desk that contains, unbeknown to the Volniks, a...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The way Gil Goodson sees it, this is his only chance to get out of town and escape the constant bullying and abuse he has been getting ever since his father was accused of embezzling money from the Gollywhomper Toy Company. Gil has been studying the company for...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
The well-known song comes to life in the talented hands of this illustrator. Fascinating for children as young as 8 months as they can make the bus doors open, and the wipers swish, and the people bump up and down. song moveable parts Read to 1s and up boys picture...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
The witch only needs one more ingredient for her piggie pie recipe, and that’s pigs. So, she’s off to find some, but, oddly enough, everywhere she looks on the farm the pigs seem to have disappeared. Kids will love seeing how the pigs disguise themselves...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The wonderful Penderwick family returns. We pick up with them as Father is being encouraged to begin dating. The girls search for the right woman and then become very worried when Father appears to have found someone he prefers, someone unbeknownst to the family and,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
The world is a very big place for children, but imagine if every night all the children of the world flew out of their windows and gathered together in the sky for a giant pillow fight. What a wonderful way to connect us all and make us feel like one big family. A...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The world is changing right before the eyes of Will Tuppence. First he learns that a proton has died, and this has a profound effect on Will. He realizes that if a proton can die and become nothing, then every known piece of material in the universe, including Will...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
The young boy has wandered away from his farm and gets caught up in the violent storm that comes up. He is sheltered by a badger, who has just lost her own young. This is a story of a boy and a mother badger who find each other and become “family” for each...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
There are big and little things in this world and in this story. Meet a whale and his friend, the mouse. The whale is big and powerful, while the mouse is small and seemingly weak. But, friendship is a very powerful thing as the whale is about to find out.
