We need to stop the hate and bring in the love! And we need to follow the golden Rule and do unto others as we would have them do unto us. And since words are merely words, we need to not only profess love, we need to act toward others in love! And this means feeding the hungry, saving the planet and standing up always for what is just and right and good! Now, while that may seem difficult and maybe hard to remember, and maybe even harder to accomplish, it is really all quite easy and simple; because we only have to remember one thing, and that is simply to follow the golden rule! Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this fun, 'learn to read' book is filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme that will help you build both your reading skills as well as your reading word vocabulary. And the good thing about these fun, 'learn to read' books is that these books build on each other, as a host of fun and familiar Penelope Dyan characters guide you happily through their pages! And an added bonus is the free, fun music video that goes with each book that you can find on Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel!
Have fun reading this faith-based 'learn to read' book written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan. Then watch the free music video that goes along with this book in the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel for even more learning fun.
Travel with the opium swift boats down the River of Pearl. Watch the Boxer Rebellion unfold as the Chinese people try to preserve their ancient civilization and conquer their invaders with paper dragons and swords. Follow the history of the Chinese Celestial Empire in all its glory, sadness and despair through the lives of three women as China evolves through its history, and understand who China is and why she is who she is today
Penelope Dyan delights her readers again with yet another wonderful book of whimsical Poetry. Step joyfully back into childhood as you read poetry to your children, or listen to them laugh as they read Dyan's poetry themselves! If you want to encourage love of poetry and literature in your children, this book will help you lead the way! This is the paperback version of the book. Dyan is a former educator and attorney who loves children and who loves to write. Other children's books by Penelope Dyan include 'For Boys Only! No Girls Allowed!', 'A book For Girls About Being A Girl'. "Walk On The Child's Side' and 'The Warrior Mouse Of Forest Hollow'. And coming soon? the 'Penny Mouse Books', a set of tried and true beginning readers for children, written by Penelope Dyan.
Penelope Dyan is back with a sequel to the sequel More of My Life As I Know It, appropriately titled Even More Of My Life As I know It. This story continues to explore the concept of both the first kiss and how times once were when things were simpler, or so it seemed. Penelope Dyan is a former teacher and an attorney and award winning author. Her book, Surfer Girl, the first book in a series about a girl named Summer who swims and surfs the waves as she searches for her legacy in life, is recognized by the Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida, and is fifth on the Pukeke reading list(s) in Australia under best books for early teen girls. Surfer Girl was also best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. Dyan has followed all her dreams, and she has made them all come true. This book, third in this series, continues to remind us that our dreams can come true if we are true to ourselves.
Penelope Dyan is back with a sequel to "My Life As I Know It," appropriately titled "More Of My Life As I know It." She is here to tell you life goes on, and nothing is as grim as it may seem. She also reminds us that nothing is impossible and life is full of possibilities if we just give life a chance to do its thing. I guarantee you will read this book and laugh. Penelope Dyan is a former teacher and an attorney and award winning author. Her book, "Surfer Girl," the first book I a series about a girl named Summer who swims and surfs the waves as she searches for her legacy in life, is recognized by the Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida, and is fifth on the Pukeke reading list in Australia of best books for early teen girls. "Surfer Girl' was also best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. Dyan is also a person who has followed all her dreams, and who has made them all come true. This book continues to remind us that our dreams can come true if we are true to ourselves.
Penelope Dyan is back with more of her wonderful poetry for children. This time she enters the world of fairytales, fairies, elves, witches and gnomes--the stuff from which dreams are made. Dyan continues in her tradition of creating poetry kids of all ages can enjoy, especially little princesses; and her sensitivity to children and her expertise in the field of education makes this book of poems a pure delight. Dyan is a writer, former educator, and an attorney, and is the author of several delightful Bellissima Children's books.
This 'learn to read' book by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan is a faith-based book that tells the biblical tale of Noah in a way even the youngest of children can understand. And, of course, we all know how this story begins and how this story ends! Use this book to practice your reading skills through word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, and have fun with the kid friendly illustrations and the music video that goes along with this book, that you can find on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel. Dyan wants kids to dance, to sing, and to even copy the words and drawings in this kid-sized book perfect for little hands to hold. (And the extra large print makes the words easy to see.) So read the book, and then make some books of your very own! Penelope Dyan thinks learning should be fun and that if kids have fun as they learn, they will love to learn! She also believes books for kids should be for kids, and this is why she makes all her books exactly the way she makes them . . . just for kids!
There is nothing quite like a mother's love, and there is nothing quite like getting ready for bed, going to bed and getting tucked in by your mother. This book, written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, takes a look at this process as it helps you learn your basic reading skills. Practice word recognition through rhyme and through the use of Dyan's kid friendly illustrations. Dyan believes learning should be fun, and that the only way to really learn and remember what you have learned is to make the learning process fun. Everything she does with her books has been kid tested, and when kids tell her what they like, she listens and tries to give them exactly what they want when it comes to the learning process; and doing things this way really does work! In addition to encouraging creativity through the use of this book, further enhance the learning process by going to the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel, and look for the video that goes along with this book for even more learning fun!
This is a delightful, whimsical book of poems by Penelope Dyan in softcover edition, that lets the adult reader peak into childhood, and the younger reader wiggle and giggle with glee. Written by a former educator turned attorney, who was always a writer and a child at heart, Penelope Dyan pulls on your heartstrings and tickles your funny bone like no other writer out there. Dyan holds a degree in English from San Diego State University and a juris doctorate degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California; but that does not stop this mother of three and grandmother of four from pursuing her dreams, and luckily for Bellissima Publishing, LLC, her dreams include her writing as well as her love of children! This book combines the poetry of Penelope Dyan's earlier publications of "For Boys Only! No Girls Allowed!" and "A Book For Girls All About Girls" into one volume, and adds additional poems to the delightful mix. "Walk on the Child's Side" is also available in hardcover copy with dust jacket and case laminate copy. If you are ready to laugh, or if you just want to encourage your children to read poetry, then this is the book for you.
Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this learn to read book is meant to comfort as it teaches reading skills through the use of word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, with a host of the familiar characters used throughout her learn to read books, from which she hopes kids will copy and draw and make their own fun books, as this was exactly the experience she had as a teacher! Add the fun of music through the free YouTube music video on the Bellissimavideo channel that goes along with this book, and your child will soon become excited about the learning process; because when kids have fun learning, they will love to learn; and Penelope Dyan believes all learning should be fun! The message is one of being bullied. What can you do when this happens? The discussion is whether you turn the other cheek or stand up and fight, and the answer is not a simple one. Each situation has to be discussed according to its own unique merits; and this is why Dyan says, Sometimes opening a door is a good idea. It all depends on what is on the other side.
This is a story about growing old, and about the many things changing in life, because everything in life changes as we journey through it. Written by the award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this 'learn to read' book, filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme, is meant to take a child on a small journey through the changes of life, but Dyan also wants the adults to know they should let the child see what he or she wants to see, and not put any ideas into the child's head; because this would defeat the purpose of the words. Sometimes a child fears change, and just wants everything to remain the same as it always has been; and it is for this reason Penelope Dyan wrote this book. Life is also about the memories, and the stories the old tell us and about how to remember the stories we are told! And this book was actually inspired by a woman who lovingly, gently and fondly referred to herself to someone who loved and remembered her, as 'the last old woman standing.' And that someone appreciated her! Be sure to also look for the free music video that goes with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel.
Some things should never be forgotten, and this is why Penelope Dyan wrote this book! You see, forget me nots just happen to be more than flowers. Forget me nots are also things that should never be forgotten! Can you guess what those things are?
This is a Good Night book, a book to read that is fun and just might help you sleep . . . or at least you can have fun while you are waiting to fall asleep. Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this book with Penelope Dyan s friendly illustrations is perfect for practicing your reading skills. The teaching techniques of word, repetition, word recognition and rhyme make the learning process easy, and Dyan hopes this book will encourage kids to try their hand at making a book of their very own! The extra-large print and physical size of this book is perfect for little eyes and little hands, and this book also fits perfectly in a kid-sized backpack. Penelope Dyan believes learning should be fun, because if learning isn t fun, a kid won t love to learn. This is why she makes sure all her books are fun above anything else. And to further the joy of the learning experience, there is a free music video that goes with this book that you can find on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel!
This is a great little book and this one is meant just for boys, the first book to be published in Penelope Dyan's "Penny Mouse Early Reader Series," in the For Boys Only Version. It is a book meant to encourage reading, creativity and the fun of learning all wrapped into one! The concept is simple, but the meaning is deep. Everything about Dyan is more than it seems and less than it seems. And basically, this is a book meant for fun that a teacher can either take into the classroom or a mom can read at home, and the beauty of the poetry line is that the children can guess what comes next and begin the process of reading as their minds gravitate toward the creative, To do a book like this, you have to be able think like a child. Dyan has certainly done that! So parents, please enjoy this book with your kids, and teachers, please enjoy yourselves as well, because this is exactly why Dyan created these books! Watch for more Penny Mouse Early Readers, ' because they will be coming out soon! Written by a former teacher, and intended just for you, it's Penny Mouse all the way! "For Boys Only"(r) is a US registered trademark of Bellissima Publishing, LL
Sometimes touching is bad and sometimes touching is good; and the difference is really quite simple, especially when explained by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan in terms a child can really understand. So many, many times explaining these things to children is overlooked; and there is really no good reason NOT to have this very serious discussion with a child. The problem is you do not want to frighten a child, and oftentimes this can happen. Bad people sometimes don't even look scary, and may even be someone you know. What a person does is what defines them, and that is the only discussion here. We need to empower our children and to prevent bad things from happening to them, because once something has happened it is too late to undo. This is why Penelope Dyan has written this book. Children know they are not supposed to talk to strangers, or ride in cars with strangers, or take candy from strangers; but they also need to know what a bad touch is and when touching is bad. This is why Dyan wrote this book. And yes, once again, this book teaches reading skills through word recognition and rhyme, and is filled with lots of fun illustrations and rhyme to encourage kids to shout out words! There is also a music video on the Bellissima Publishing, LLC YouTube Bellissimavideo channel that goes along with this book and lends fun support to the discussion.
Whether you have a big brother or a little brother, brothers are lots of fun; and that is exactly why Penelope Dyan wrote this book to remind those of us who have brothers exactly how we feel about them. Use this 'learn to read' book written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, to practice reading skills through word recognition, and word repetition and rhyme, and then begin a discussion about what it really means to be a family, because a family is more than just a bunch of people. A family is where love is and where love grows! Written for Penelope Dyan's very own brother, see if you can figure out why she wrote this book and whether what she says about her brother is true or false; and then sit down and write something about your brother or sister so you can tell them how you feel about them. Maybe you can even make a book of your own! Then watch the music video that goes with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel for even more learning fun!
There is an old saying, or maybe it isn't so old, that says, "There is nothing like a warm puppy," or a kitty, whichever you may prefer. Penelope Dyan took some time to think about that, but not as much time as you might think, and then she wrote this book all about puppies . . .well it might not be all about puppies exactly, but more about how she feels about puppies. And here is a secret about this book, while you are reading "About Puppies," you can practice your reading skills through word repetition, word recognition and rhyme as you enjoy the kid-friendly illustrations that help you with word recognition. Penelope Dyan is an award winning author, attorney and also a former teacher, and the techniques she employs in the early reader books she creates are tried and true techniques she actually used in the classroom! Dyan and Bellissima Publishing, LLC believe learning should be fun, and if earning is not fun a kid will not love to learn. With that in mind, look for the free music video that goes along with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel for even more learning fun!
Book Description (formally called "Annotation"): Penelope Dyan brings her years as an attorney into play with the writing of "Caution Tape" the story of the mystery surrounding war hero and self-professed tough guy, Angelo Marconi . What is the mystery behind Angelo's strange and untimely death? And why can't the family unit get the storage unit open where his estranged wife, Deana locked him inside. Find out the answers to these questions and more when you read "Caution Tape." Penelope Dyan is an attorney with over twenty years experience in the field of law, who was a writer even before she was an attorney. Prior to entering the field of law Ms. Dyan was an educator and a mother. Her life has come full circle so that she is now who she always wanted to be and who she was always met to be. The journey of her life is reflected in all her work. She is a true believer that writing is an art, and to create art the writer must touch the truth of life, and that life itself is something to be experienced if one is to be able to write truth and therefore create true art. Widely published, Dyan has brought the experience of her lifetime to set before the reader. Ms. Dyan is but one of the great Bellissima writers!
Penelope Dyan does it again with this delightful little book of poems that is certain to capture the hearts and minds of children as well as adults. Take a trip back into childhood and glimpse its confident innocence. Smile and laugh as you tromp around in Mommy's high heeled shoes and have an old fashioned tea party with Dolly! Most of all do not forget that boys just stink, but delightfully so! Penelope Dyan is an attorney and a writer who is a former early childhood educator widely published in both her fields of expertise! She understands children, so don't be surprised if your child can't put down her books of poetry, or if you hear your child laughing with glee from the other room!
Sometimes people don t like you for no reason at all. It isn t your fault, and you have done nothing wrong; but it still doesn t feel good. This is yet another book by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, written just to remind you that you ARE okay; and that no matter what, you need to be who you are and follow your dreams. Read this book along with Dyan s book, Woolly Bully, and get a complete picture of what Dyan is saying. Dyan believes self esteem is very important to everyone, and especially to a child, who should (of course) behave; but other than that, should be accepted just for whom she or he is. The reason? We all need to grow up to be who we are meant to be. Dyan again mixes serious thought with humor and kid-friendly drawings and easy reader vocabulary so a kid can make this book his or her own. Rhyme and picture recognition, along with repetition, allow the child to guess and shout aloud what comes next, further drawing the child into the thoughts in the book and the learning experience. Look for the free music video on the YouTube Bellissimavideo Channel to further enhance the learning experience!
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