CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Flip Flip Flo, the Know-It-All
©2010 By Gloria Barone Rosanio, illustrations by Jim Rosanio

The story of a sweet smarty-pants who longs for shoeless summers. When school starts, Flo can’t bear to part with her flip flops, but a mishap on the playground teaches Flo that flip flops are for summer and shoes are for school. The book is a rhyming read-aloud story.

Pedro’s Hungry Ride
©2013 By Gloria Barone Rosanio, illustrations by Jim Rosanio

Pedro’s bike search for a healthy snack leads him to school, the mayor’s office and the local grocery store, but there are no fruits and vegetables to be found. When Pedro glues his mouth shut in protest, his teacher, mayor and grocer join together to help Pedro learn how to grow healthy snacks of his own. Many children like Pedro live in places called food deserts where there are no stores in their neighborhoods that sell healthy food. Pedro’s story shows what one community without fruits and vegetables did to change that.

Eat to Roar
©2016 By Gloria Barone Rosanio and Karina Pearse LaMalfa, illustrations by Jim Rosanio

Cook with Dina, the Dinosaur Connoisseur and Her Dinosaur Friends. This creative cookbook encourages children to cook and eat like the plant-eating dinosaurs. By offering tasty plant-based recipes for families to try, the Dinosaur Connoisseur, Saber-Tooth Kitty and their dinosaur friends hope children will enjoy their food and grow up healthy and strong.

When a Dragon Wants a Drink
© 2017 by Gloria Barone Rosanio, illustrations by Jim Rosanio and Cedar Creek Elementary School students

Dragons don’t ask for much. All they want are three things in life: drinks, baths and naps. But a thirsty, dirty, sleepy dragon must be handled just right. This book helps young children become good caretakers of their dragons by following instructions for pleasing their persnickety pets and bringing out the best in these lovable creatures.

Henry doesn’t remember anything. Kiddo loves to play pretend. Can they be friends? Yes, they can.

Our Allie the Alien series of three books follows the adventures of Allie as a stranger to planet Earth, trying to make sense of Halloween costumes, Thanksgiving dinners and birthday parties while being hilariously misunderstood by everyone along the way. The series will continue with Allie’s first time at the beach, Allie’s first best friend, Allie’s first soccer game, and other childhood scenarios where Allie and Flash, the three-eyed cat, find their way out of sticky predicaments of mistaken identity.