by Dawn | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
What are the roots of your family? This is a look back to the Civil War and the lives of the family members at that time. A steamboat pulls up and off come two mysterious women. There’s Calinda, who cooks and makes medicine, and her companion, Delphine, age 15,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
What does the color red signify in the world of living things? How about yellow or purple? Steve Jenkins has explored the brilliant colors of our natural world and found some special secrets. Red for a male hooded seal is a large balloon coming out of its left nostril...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
What fun! Arriman the Awful, the last wizard in the world, needs a wife, or there will be NO MORE WIZARDS. So, he invites a group of lovely ladies – actually witches – to come to compete for his hand in marriage. Their task? To perform their darkest deed!...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Short Stories
What happens when you travel away from home and all the routines and patterns of your normal life? This is a collection of short stories. Ten writers share a story from their own lives about traveling away from what they know to somewhere new that opened their minds...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Sports
What if you had the “perfect glove” for baseball, a glove that made you a really good player? Then what if you suddenly don’t have that glove anymore? Was it the glove or is the magic in you? Ages 8-12
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
What if your mother were an editor for a children’s book publisher, and you have written your own book? Should you ask your mother to take a look at the manuscript? Well Natalie doesn’t think she should, and her best friend, Zoe, thinks she should submit...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Sports
What if you’re twelve, short, fast and love to play basketball? I mean basketball is your life. Your dad, unfortunately, was a really great basketball player, who didn’t realize his dreams because of a car accident. So…..oh yeah, guess who is...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
What is a factorial? What do you get if you multiply 10 X 9 X 8 X 7 X 6 X 5 X 4 X 3 X 2 X 1? Let’s follow the story from a jar of water, across the sea, to the island …. See how big the numbers in a pattern can get.
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
