by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
This is a fabulous tale of a boy, who stows away on a ship (the Flying Dutchman) and becomes a cook’s helper. When the ship stalls out along the coast of South America and the resources dwindle away, the boy and his dog wash up onto the shore and begin a journey...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Sports
This is a good one. It’s not your usual sport book for boys. Meet Tom who loves baseball. He lives next door to an old man who owns a lot of land in town and that land happens to include the town baseball field. Depending on the outcome of a baseball game, he...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This is a good one. Seventeen-year-old Larry is trying to do two things: first and foremost he is trying to save the world; secondly, and certainly of great importance, he is trying to have a, shall we say, close relationship with Beth. To save the world Larry pares...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
This is a heart-wrenching story told in free verse. With a setting in Australia, you are about to enter into the world of a young lady, Lucy, who is physically abused by her father. How can she free herself? Will the howl of the wolf that she hears lead her to a...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
This is a mystery about a mouse named Hermux Tantamoq. Hermux is a mouse who will win your heart. He works in a watch-making shop and lives an ordinary life until the day Linka Perflinger, daredevil aviatrix, stops into the shop to leave her watch for repair. She...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a playful book of geometric shapes. David A. Carter likes to tickle a child’s curiosity, and, as you turn the page, there is a question mark on one page and some geometric cut-outs on the facing page. Now the mystery is what are those cut-outs supposed...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a pop-up book for “children of all ages,” so it’s okay for the parents to enjoy it as much as the kids do. Incredible paper engineering has gone into making this very artistic pop-up book that has a yellow square to find on every page. Can...
