Bøker av Penelope Dyan

People are mean sometimes, and sometimes they are bullies; and this is a very hard thing to understand, because people sometimes don't like you for no good reason at all. So what do you do when someone is mean to you? Well . . . you simply stand tall! And no matter how mean they are, you still need to be kind and good and do what is right; because (as you well know) two wrongs never, never make anything right!Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, you can use this fun 'learn to read' book to practice your reading skills; because this kid-sized with its extra large print (perfect for young eyes) is filled with word repetition, word repetition and rhyme! The simple drawings can be copied, and then you can even make your own books about things that you might be feeling or doing!Then, when you are all finished reading and practicing your reading skills, you can visit Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel. And then you can watch the free, fun music video that goes along with this book; and you can have even more learning fun! You see, if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn!

Ålesund is a town and municipality located right in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It's part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and is the center of the Ålesund Region. This lovely Norwegian town is also a sea port widely known for its 'Art Nouveau' architecture. But the most fun part of this place (as you may have already guessed) is that the Vikings were here! So take some time, and just look around and see what you can see!Use this fun, kid-sized 'learn to read' book written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan (that is filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme) to practice reading skills; and at the same time, you can enjoy the photographs of John D. Weigand and travel vicariously in Ålesund through the pages of this book.When you are all finished reading, you can go straight to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel to see even more of what our author and photographer saw in Ålesund, Norway; and then you can have even more learning fun!

Aristotle once said, "Happiness depends upon ourselves." But perhaps happiness really depends on home, because home is where your heart is! And if there really is no place like home, then while leaving home for a vacation may be fun, there is nothing as heartwarming as returning home!Use this 'learn to read' book to have a discussion about what home means to you. And the same time you can practice your reading skills through this kid-sized book filled with a host of familiar Dyan characters, word repetition, word recognition and rhyme.Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this book also has extra large print that is easy on young eyes. And it is filled with fun; because if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn!When you are all finished reading this book, practicing your reading skills, and discussing what home means to you, then you can watch the free music video that goes with this book! All you have to do is go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel!

Think before you do anything, and especially think if someone else is telling you to do something that doesn't feel exactly right for you to do! The point is, you have your own mind, and you need to be sensible; and you need to use your mind wisely!Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this fun, 'learn to read' book is meant to get a kid really thinking as he or she practices reading skills through word repetition, word recognition and rhyme.Use this book to also think about things that are important to you, as some familiar Dyan characters guide you through its pages. Smile and laugh and have fun reading and learning; because if a kid doesn't have fun learning and reading, a kid just won't love to earn and read!Then, when you are all finished reading, you can try your hand at making a book of your own about something important to you! And then, take a short trip to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel, and watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun!

Sometimes when you are really good, people might call you a little 'Miss Goody Two Shoes'. But you shouldn't think of that as a bad thing, even if those who say it mean it as a bad thing, because it is always right to be good; and it is always completely wrong to be bad or to do things that are bad! The phrase 'goody two shoes' comes from the title of a nursery tale "The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes", published way back in 1765; but this book has nothing to do with that. This book has to do with choices that you make, choices to be good or to be bad, no matter what you may be called.Use this fun, 'learn to read' book to think about choices, as you practice your reading skills using word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. Think about a subject that's important to you, and then try your hand at making a book of your very own!Then, when you are all finished, you can go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel and watch the free and fun music video that goes along with this book; and you can have have even more learning fun!

It is never a good thing when you do something wrong and then try to hide it. All you end up doing is you make a bad thing worse. Everyone knows you shouldn't look for an excuse when you do do something wrong, and you shouldn't blame someone else when you have done something that is wrong. And don't forget that no one is perfect all the time, and everyone makes mistakes!Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this fun, 'learn to read; book, filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme, is meant to get a kid thinking about what is right and what is wrong, It is also meant to get a kid thinking about responsibility and what responsibility means! The familiar and fun Dyan characters will take you through the pages of this book, and you can think about what is important to you and make a book of your own!When you are all finished, you can go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes with this book; but most of all. have fun learning; because if a kd doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn!

Your friends should never tell you what to do. In fact, no one should ever tell you what to do except your mother and your father, or another responsible adult who is taking care of you. When it comes to some things, like your hopes and your dreams, then those things are strictly up to you to decide. But this book isn't about that. This book is about not letting your friends control you and tell you what to do. And as you should already know, when someone does that, then they are really probably not your friend at all, because all they want is to control you.Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this fun, 'learn to read' book, filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme, is meant to get a kid thinking! And its extra large print is easy for young eyes to see!Enjoy some familiar Dyan characters, and then make a book of your own (if you like) about something that is important to you! And then, when you are all finished, you can go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel; and you can watch the free music video that goes along with this book!

Sometimes someone you know may do something that is very wrong, and maybe you don't know what to do about it. This is a friend, after all. But be confident that doing the right thing is always the best thing to do; because wrong can never control what is right, just and good. Tell a grown-up you trust what your friend has done, and know that you are doing the right thing for everyone concerned, including that someone who may be your friend who has done something bad!Written by the award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this book is meant to get a kid to think about the concepts of right and wrong. Use this 'learn to read' book with all its fun, familiar Dyan characters to practice reading skills through the use of word repetition, and word recognition and rhyme. And remember to have fun with learning; because if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn! And learning should always be fun!When you are finished reading, you can go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel; and you can watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun!

Love can never be bought or sold, and neither can kindness. But if you think of it as a sort of currency, then if you are in for a penny, you may as well be in for a pound; and it doesn¿t matter if the currency is in pounds or dollars or or anything else. When it comes to love and kindness, sharing what you have is your very best investment, because you are investing yourself in others; and that is a very good thing to do!Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, use this fun 'learn to read¿ book to practice your reading skills though word repetition, and word recognition and rhyme; and at the same time you can think about what things in life are really important. Remember to share and care as you meet some familiar Dyan characters once again. You can even try your hand at making a book of your own, ¿ lled with your very own important ideas. (We all have ideas and imaginations, after all!)Then, when you are all ¿ nished reading, you can go straight to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel; and you can watch the free, fun music video that goes right along with this book!

Everybody needs to eat; but sometimes children go hungry, not because they don't like the food on their plates, but because they have no food that they even can eat. And they would be very grateful for the food that you may be refusing to eat just because you don't like what is on your plate! Ask yourself what you might do to help those children, and remember to be thankful for what you have.Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this fun 'learn to read' book is meant to get you thinking as you practice your reading skills through the use of word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. Use the simply drawn characters (copy them or make your own drawings) and tell a story by making a book that is all your own and that says something that is important to you! Then when you are all done reading, you can go straight to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel; and you can watch the fun, free music video that goes with this book! But most of all, don't forget to share what you have with others and to have fun learning; because if learning isn't fun, a kid won't love to learn!

If you don't procrastinate, you do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Can you guess what our "Nature Boy" has figured out about procrastination before you reach the end of this story?Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, you can use this fun 'learn to read' book filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme (and some very fun Dyan characters) to practice reading skills as you think about and discuss the very important message in this book. You can copy the Dyan characters and invent some characters of your own and make your very own books with a message you may want to tell.When you are all finished reading and practicing your reading skills, you can go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel; and you can watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun.But most of all, have fun learning; because if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn!

Have fun practicing reading skills with this 'learn to read' book written and illustrated by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, that is filled with a cast of familiar Penelope Dyan characters, word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. And don't miss the important lesson in this book, and also don't forget to let your own light shine!At Bellissima Publishing, LLC, learning is fun, so kids love to learn! The drawings in this book are simple so kids can copy the drawings and the words and make their own books with their very own special ideas about things. And this is a tried and true classroom method Penelope Dyan used in her own classroom to facilitate the learning process. And it worked! And it still does work!When you are all finished reading this book, and when you are all done practicing your reading skills, go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes along with this book! Then you can have even more learning fun!

At current poaching rates, many wild African species may disappear within our lifetime. This includes elephants. What many do not know about elephants is they live in families just like we do! They are the largest land mammals, and their herds consist of aunts and cousins who help care for and teach the younger elephants. Elephants also grieve like us, shed tears and even try to bury their dead. The poaching of elephants must stop, but how can we do this? Perhaps we can learn a lesson from the monkey, giraffe, horse, bee, the lion, the cow and the hippopotamus in this story!Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, use this kid-sized 'learn to read' book with its extra large print to practice your reading skills through word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. Then begin the discussion about what can be done to help endangered, threatened species, and learn all you can about them. Help Larry the elephant and other animals like him to survive. And when you are finished reading and talking about endangered species, watch the free music video that goes with this book on Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel.

Sometimes some people can be really, really mean to you. They might even go to others and tell them things that are untrue. No one knows exactly why people do this, because it really makes no sense at all. The best thing to do is just to be kind and good, and always do the right things. And you should also follow the advice of the elephant and the giraffe and just walk away, turning the other cheek, just like your mother tells you to do. Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, you can use this book to not only discuss this very important subject, but to also practice your reading skills using this 'learn to read' book filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme as the fun, familiar Penelope Dyan characters guide you along the way!Then when you are finished reading this book, you can watch the free music video that goes with this book that you can find on Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel where you can have even more learning fun . . . because if learning isn't fun, a kid won't love to learn.

In many ways we choose who we are to be, and our very own ultimate happiness or unhappiness follows that choice. You can choose to be good, You can choose to be bad. You can also choose to be selfish, or you can choose to be unselfish. If you are a selfish person, you think only of yourself. And if you are an unselfish person, you think and do and give to others. Sometimes when you are unselfish, you might not feel appreciated. However, there is a happiness as well as a treasure that comes to you from inside your heart when you are kind and loving and giving and good.Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, you can use this 'learn to read' book with its extra large print that is filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme, to practice your reading skills and to discuss what it means to be unselfish. The familiar Dyan characters will help you begin the discussion!Then when you are all finished reading, you can watch the free music video that goes along with this book that you can find on Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel.

Portsmouth, in the United Kingdom, is a port city located in Hampshire, England, sitting primarily on Portsea Island, about seventy miles south-west of London and just about nineteen miles south-east of Southampton. And if it interests you, you can trace its history all the way back to Roman times. A naval port for centuries, Portsmouth, UK claims to have the world¿s oldest dry dock; and it was England¿s ¿ rst line of defense when the French invaded England in 1545. Afraid of another invasion from not so far off Europe, special Palmerston Forts were built in 1859. During the early-19th century, Portsmouth was thought of as the most heavily forti¿ ed city in the entire world! Written by the award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, with photography by John D. Weigand, this fun 'learn to read¿ book, ¿lled with its word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, is meant to send kids¿ imaginations soaring! So read and let your imagination soar, and don¿t forget to watch and enjoy the free music video that goes along with this book on Bellssimavideös YouTube channel

Sometimes it isn't easy just being who you are. Maybe you think you are different from the other kids and you're afraid the other kids will make fun of you, or maybe even bully you; but the thing to remember is everyone is different from everybody else, and if everyone was exactly the same, then this world would most certainly be a very boring place!This book, written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, is meant to get kids thinking.Use this book to begin a discussion about differences as you practice your reading skills through this book using word repetition, word repetition and rhyme. Enjoy a cast of kid friendly characters as you think about the very important concept of being different, and learn a few new vocabulary reading words along the way! But the most important thing of all is to have fun as you learn; because if a kid doesn't have fun learning, then a kid won't love to learn! And for even more learning fun, when you are all finished reading, you can watch the free music video that goes along with this book on the Bellissimavideo' YouTube channel!

Zaanse Schans is one of the highlights of the Netherlands. It's located just outside of Amsterdam, and you can get there by taking the suburban train from the Amsterdam Central Station. Here you will find a working community dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries full of wooden windmills, barns, houses and museums! Built in the Dutch wooden architectural style, this town was actually relocated here piece by piece!. The Zaanse Schans will surprise you with what you see, taste, smell and experience! Most of what you will see is free; and shopping is loads of fun, an important thing for any mom. And please don't miss the chocolate shop where you can buy some Dutch homemade chocolate! You can also buy a cup of hot chocolate and a slice of warm apple pie smothered in whipped cream for an extra-special tummy warming treat on a cold, blustery day.In this 'learn to read' book filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, along with photographer John D. Weigand, will fill your imagination with windmills and fun! As a further addition to the learning experience, don't forget to watch the free music video that goes with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel.

The city of Delft sits between The Hague and Rotterdam in Netherlands's southwest. The name, Delft, comes from the Dutch word for digging; and this makes sense, because there are a lot of canals in Delft, which also seems to be a big highlight of other places in the Netherlands as well. You can see the 13th-century Old Church, the 15th-century New Church, and the Prinsenhof, once home to the great William of Orange, now a museum. Delft has long been a center for fine ceramics, and traditional hand painting methods can still be witnessed at Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles. But this 'learn to read' book is not about any of that! This book is about the feel of this place, and it's about what a kid can see and do and notice, all on his or her own, as they practice reading skills through word recognition, word repetition and rhyme.Travel with award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and with photographer, John D. Weigand, through the pages of this book, and see some of what they saw and feel some of what they felt about this quaint city. Then watch the free music video that goes with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel.

Leiden is the home to the Netherlands' oldest university, and it's the birthplace of Rembrandt. It is also someplace where a kid can be surprised, and where you can sometimes expect what is the unexpected! Leiden served as a stop off point in the 17th century for America's Pilgrim founders. The best way to get to Leiden today is by train. The journey takes 10-15 minutes from The Hague, 20 minutes from the Schiphol Airport, the main airport in the Netherlands, and between 30 and 40 minutes to get there from Amsterdam.Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, with photographs by John D. Weigand, this 'learn to read' book, with its extra large print and easy to carry size, can be easily stuffed inside a kid's backpack! Turn the pages and see some of what Dyan and Weigand saw on their trip to and through this fun city where a kid can ride a camel and pet a llama at the Museum Volkenkunde, while Mom and dad snap photos galore! And if you want to further the learning experience, ths book offers, there is a free music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube music channel that goes right along with this fun, 'learn to read' book!

Carson City, Nevada is the capital of Nevada, named after famed mountain man, Kit Carson! The rich, wonderful past of Carson City makes it a fun place for kids to visit, if you know where to look! Here the new mixes with the old, and the old is never forgotten! After the nearby discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859, Carson City became a thriving commercial center. President Abraham Lincoln, recognizing the importance of Nevada's silver and gold to the Union's Civil War effort, signed a proclamation ushering Nevada into statehood on October 31, 1864! The Virginia &Truckee Railroad was completed between Carson City and Virginia City in 1869. a subject about which you can learn more when you visit Carson City's Railroad Museum!This is a 'learn to read' book that uses teaching techniques of word recognition, word recognition and rhyme. Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, with photography by John D. Weigand, its extra large print is easy on little eyes. This book is fun with a purpose! To make the learning experience even more exciting, there is a free music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel that goes with this book.

Truckee was originally named Coburn Station, after a local saloon keeper. The Truckee we all know today was named after a Paiute chief. His Paiute name was Tru-ki-zo, and he was the father of Chief Winnemucca and the grandfather of Sarah Winnemucca. When the first Europeans came across the Sierra Nevada, they encountered his tribe. The Chief rode towards them yelling "Tro-kay!", which is Paiute for "Everything is all right". The unaware travelers assumed he was yelling his name. This became a theme for the town, and the infamous words "Everything is all right!" and "Everything is OK!" are words those in Truckee use to inspire them in their everyday lives! And these words can also inspire you!This 'learn to read' book, filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, written by Penelope Dyan, with its colorful photography by John D. Weigand, will inspire any kid! Not only can you glimpse a piece of the old west, you can be inspired as you learn! You just need to know where to look! There is also a free music video that goes with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel.

Squaw Valley was built in the image and style of a European mountain village. It was the host of the Winter Olympic games of 1960, and consists of 3,600 acres of terrain that accommodates skiers (and also snowboarders) of all ages and abilities! It is easy to find and is located northwest of Lake Tahoe, California. It averages 450 inches of snow annually across six mountain peaks that include Snow King, Broken Arrow, KT-22, Emigrant, Squaw Peak, and Granite Chief. In this book, award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, incorporates the 'learning to read' skills of word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. Kids can see some of the things they might find when they go to Squaw Valley; but most importantly, this is a book about dreams and about following your dreams, even if they seem far off and nearly impossible. Coupled with the wonderful photography of John D. Weigand, this is a book meant to make kids learn and think as they prepare for a trip to this wonderful place. But a kid doesn't have to be going to Squaw Valley to benefit from the Olympic dream message inside this book! There is also a free music video that goes along with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel.