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...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
This is a powerful story of black soldiers serving in Vietnam. What circumstances led them to choose to fight in this war? What have they left behind, and what have they found here? Who can you rely on to protect you in this place? Is there honor and fairness among...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a reassuring approach to potty training that explains to the boy or to the girl, depending on which book you have, about how the child in the story goes pee pee or poop in his/her diaper until the day comes when a potty arrives in the house. Then, the teddy...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a reassuring approach to potty training that explains to the boy or to the girl, depending on which book you have, about how the child in the story goes pee pee or poop in his/her diaper until the day comes when a potty arrives in the house. Then, the teddy...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
This is a sequel to Secret Agent. The Secret Agents have a new case. It looks like Lucinda Winston is going to have to move to Atlanta, and no one wants to see her go, especially Kyle Parker. Lucinda’s mother has a secret, however, and the secret agents have to...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
This is a series that I love to recommend to younger readers who are drawn to fantasy but really aren’t ready to tackle some of the thicker, more involved books. If your reader has ventured into the Secrets of Droon series and enjoyed those, then this is a great...
