Cassy Polimeni

Age range 5 to 8 Did you know frogs can find their way home? It's called a 'homing instinct' ... no matter where they are, they know where they belong. I think I know how frogs feel. Eight-year-old Ella hates her new house. She wants to be back in her old house with her best friend Viv next door... until...

Isla and her mother go on an enchanting journey to the Global Seed Vault in Norway to discover a garden waiting at the end of the world. At the end of the world is an island covered in ice. On the island is a mountain. Inside the mountain is a vault. And inside the vault are millions of seeds. When...

If frogs make a home somewhere it means things are in balance. But if something changes, they are the first to know. They can tell when something isn’t right. Have you ever had a day when everything goes wrong? Ella is having one of those. To make matters worse, the orchestra of frogs that lives in her backyard has disappeared!...

“Did you know every frog species has its own call? It helps them find each other in the wild. Mostly they sing love songs to find friends or partners. Sometimes they use their voice as a warning...” Ella and the Call of the Wild tells the story of Ella’s class getting pen pals. They will be writing to kids at...

Ella and the Sleepover Safari sees Ella's worlds collide when her old friend Viv and new friend Mai finally meet at Ella's birthday party—a sleepover at the zoo! Ella can't wait to explore and learn about the animals, but it's hard to have a good time when your two best friends aren't getting along. The search for an escaped animal...

Do you ever look for shapes in the clouds? Milo lies in the grass watching cottony cumulus clouds transform into animals. Maya looks out a plane window and marvels at the sky outside and the shapes countries make below. Through their different perspectives, Milo and Maya remind us that there are countless ways to experience the world. The World from...