by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
When the fun of Actual Size is over, there’s still hope. He did another one, and this time it’s prehistoric animals. So you get to put your hand up to the pictures on each page and imagine just how big that prehistoric creature really was. This is an...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
When the older brother is killed in a tractor accident, the Baggs family has to find ways to go on. They set off in their own directions. Mother decides to buy a typewriter and get a job. She chooses to “strike out” in a new direction. Father just wants to...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
When the school board decides to end the school year early, all the kids clap and go home. Right? Not, in Elk Valley, Colorado in 1925, when 14-year-old Ida Bidson decides she can’t let school end now. She needs to take the final exams. So, she accepts a...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
When the tightrope breaks, and three tightrope walkers fall to their deaths, Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the crime. In order to succeed, though, he will need the help of a resourceful group of street children, the “Baker Street Irregulars.” What...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Winner of the 1998 Newbery Medal When you turn ten in this town, you achieve the privilege of being a “wringer” at the annual Pigeon Shoot. Nine-year-old Palmer doesn’t want to be a wringer. What is a wringer? After the townspeople have competed in...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
When you’re fourteen and your dad is an astronaut, it can be tough to figure out who you are. Now 18 years old, Steve York is looking back on his high school years to write a 100-page essay that is his key to graduation. So we walk along with him through the...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Where are the heroes of today? Does your child have a true hero? Someone of character and excellence as opposed to someone of celebrity and glitter? This is the down-to-earth story of Wilbur and Orville Wright, how they became interested in flight, and how they took...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Where do hurricanes come from? Is there really a hurricane factory? Did forecasters see Hurricane Katrina coming? Are all hurricanes created equal? non-fiction Exportable knowledge boys girls science weather disasters
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Where would a girl be without a guide to how to be a math genius, how to make your own lip-gloss, how to press flowers, how to survive in the desert or how to be the best at text messaging? Here is a book with all sorts of helpful tips for girls to feel confident and...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Who has the highest earnings in a single NASCAR season? What’s the highest altitude someone reached using helium-filled party balloons? What was the heaviest vehicle pulled by hooks through the skin? (Yes, the skin!) What boy doesn’t want to know?...
