by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
What is a volcano? What are the four types of volcanoes? Would you have a volcano in your neighborhood? How fast does lava flow? As always, Seymour Simon’s powerful photographs bring his subject alive. We get a chance to see what a volcanic eruption looks like,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
What is it like to be blind? This young Native American boy learns. This is a beautiful, poignant story that’s so important to read to our children these days amidst all their piles of toys. 32 pages 978-0805054798 Ages 4-8 Keywords: blindness, Native American,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
What is it like to live in a refugee camp in Pakistan? Well, one day the refugee workers bring some clothing and all of the refugees start digging through the pile to find something they can wear. Over on one side of the pile, ten-year-old Lina finds a...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
What is really going on here? Roni Delicata is just trying to get to the bottom of a good story. That’s what any good 16-year-old reporter for the high school newspaper would try to do. Brian Bain was just doing an experiment which is what any aspiring scientist...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
What is venom anyway? How about toxins? Whose venom is more powerful…a black widow spider or a rattlesnake? Should you suck out the venom from a snakebite? Can I touch that lizard? How about that frog? Colorful and informative and very useful information about...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
What kinds of caves are there? Sea caves, lava caves, ice caves and limestone caves are examples of the different caves explored in this book. How about carbonic acid? How is it formed, and what does it do? Can you remember what a stalactitite is? How about a...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
What sort of choices does a fourteen-year-old boy have during the Civil War, when his father dies and leaves him to take care of the farm and family? His dying father makes him promise he’ll stay and fulfill his duty, but when circumstances force him to act,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
What was it like to be an African American family when Jackie Robinson was born? Who were the strong African American activists who were working to make America a land of equality for all? Jackie Robinson’s mother, Mallie, took a risk and moved her family of...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
What would life have been like for an eleven-year-old boy who finds himself sent off to the colonies as a page to Captain John Smith. Young Samuel Collier has an interesting view of life at James Town with all of the day-to-day struggles and question marks. This book...
