Books by Penelope Dyan

The secret to being strong when someone is bullying you and being oh so mean, is knowing when you should simply turn the other cheek and walk away. However, this does not mean that you don't stand up against wrong for what is good and just and right. And while this seems like a difficult thing to understand, if you stop and carefully think before you speak out and react to a person who is bullying you, you will more than likely know exactly what to do. (And you are also not being a snitch if you tell a grown up you trust! Because this is exactly what you should do!)Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this is another Penelope Dyan fun, 'learn to read' book that is meant to make you think! Filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme, this book is also meant to help you build your reading skills and your reading vocabulary as a host of fun, familiar Penelope Dyan characters guide you through the pages of this book!When you are all finished, you can go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel and watch the free, fun music video that goes along with this book for even more learning fun!

We need to take care of the world, just like we need to take care of one another. Because, after all, we are truly the world. Climate change is scary; and while you may think you are just a kid and can't do much to change what is happening, you need to always remember every little bit helps. Saving the world really can begin with you! If you recycle and reuse and re-purpose, you really can make a change. Because when you recycle, reuse and re-purpose you are helping to save the world, even though you may not be able to see the result right away!Use this fun 'learn to read' book by the award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, to think about this important subject as fun and familiar Penelope Dyan characters once again guide you through the pages of this book. And don't forget to have fun with learning; because if learning isn't fun, a kid won't love to learn!When you are all finished reading, you can go straight to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes along with this book for even more learning fun!

People need to love and accept each other just the way they are! You see, we are all different; and our differences and the ways we are different from one another happen to be what makes us stronger as a whole! And if you don't believe this, you can just ask the elephant!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 reading skills through the use of word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. Build your reading vocabulary as familiar and fun Dyan characters take you on a journey through this book's pages!Then think about something that is important to you and try your hand at making your very own book with your very own thoughts and ideas filing up the pages!When you are all finished, go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun! And always remember that if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn!

When you win anything by cheating or by not playing fair, the truth is that you are a loser and that you haven't really won anything at all. And if you ask the elephant, she will tell you this is so! No one likes a cheater, even if they like a winner; and while this may seem difficult to understand, all you really have to remember is to aways do what is good and just and right. And if you always do what is good and just and right, then you will aways be a winner, even when you seem to have lost. Use this fun, "learn to read" book written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, to help you to think about and to talk about this very important subject. Its extra large print is easy on young eyes; and its overall size is perfect for carrying along in a kid-sized backpack, so a kid can share this book with friends!When you are all finished reading, go to the Belissimavideo YouTube channel; and you can watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun!

The most important thing to remember about people is that everyone is different. And while you may think it is better just to blend in and be like everyone else, this is really not a good idea. The reason this isn't a good idea is because you should just be who you are. After all, if everyone was the same, there would be no artists or inventors! Imagination would simply disappear. So follow your dreams and your very own star. Don't let anyone detract you from who you are or from your very own dreams.Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this 'learn to read' book filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme is meant to get a kid thinking as he or she practices reading skills and builds his or her reading word vocabulary. A host of fun and familiar Penelope Dyan characters will guide you on your journey through this fun 'learn to read' book!When you are finished reading and practicing reading skills, you can go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel; and you can watch the free, fun music video that goes along with this book for even more learning fun!

We all have special gifts, and we are all gifts! Time is a gift; and the present is a present, which is also a gift! You don't need to be jealous if someone has a special gift you would like to be yours. What you need to do is to be happy with who you are; and you need to look at the gifts that have been given to you and that are special to you! Now, while that may be a difficult thing to understand, some fun. familiar characters are here to remind you to simply look for the gifts that have been given to you. (But never forget that the greatest gift of all is the gift of love!)Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, this fun, 'learn to read' book is meant to get a kid thinking and talking and sharing with family and others. This book will also help you build your reading skills as you build your reading word vocabulary!Then . . . when all of that is accomplished, you can go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel, and you can watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun; because learning should always be fun!

You should never hide behind a wall, because that means you aren't interacting with others. And sometimes a wall isn't a physical wall, it is the wall you built up yourself; and that wall exists right there in your heart. Walls separate people, open spaces and bridges unite people. And while this may seem like a very difficult concept to understand, the elephant and the monkey and all of the other familiar Penelope Dyan Dyan characters are right here in this book to help you understand the problems you can have, and will have, if you build a wall inside of your heart!This 'learn to read' book, filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme, and written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, is meant to get a kid thinking as he or she has fun practicing reading skills and building his or her reading vocabulary.There is also a fun, free music video that goes along with this book that a kid can watch on Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel where you can have even more learning fun! After all, learning should always be fun!

Christmas is always a fun time of year. But what we need to remember about Christmas is that its not the gifts we get that matter, it's the meaning behind the giving. You see, it isn't the size or the cost of the gift that counts. What counts is that the gift comes from the heart. And, in the end, if we don't care abut one another and share with one another, and love one another, nothing really matters much at all. And this is a very big and important thing to think about!Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this fun, 'learn to read' book filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme is meant to get a kid thinking as he or she develops reading skills and increases reading vocabulary.A host of fun and familiar, Penelope Dyan characters will guide you though the pages of this book that is sure to make a kid smile, and maybe even laugh aloud!When you are finished reading, you can go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel and watch the free, fun music video that goes along with this book for even more learning fun!

The past is more than the past, because the past combines with the present and the future to make up the total of our lives. In other words, we are merely the sum total of all of the parts of our lives that make up the whole; and while this may sound confusing, it is more than likely the reason your mother tells you that what you do, both good and bad, are a reflection on her. You see, she has taught you things that make up who you are . . . and so has your father and all of the other adults in your life whom you happen to love and trust!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 you can use to practice your reading skills and to think about this very important subject as you build your reading word vocabulary and are guided through its pages by some fun and familiar Penelope Dyan characters!When you are all finished, you can go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel; and you can watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun! After all, everyone knows learning should always be fun!

Love is everything, and no one can ever have enough love. Things and stuff are just things and stuff that gather dust and cobwebs in corners. But love never gathers dust and cobwebs in the corners of your heart! See what the elephant has to say about people who seem to have everything and who seem to never really have enough. There is a reason those people never really seem to have enough, and that's because they are simply gathering the wrong things around them . . . things that just gather dust and cobwebs in corners!Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this fun, 'learn to read' book is filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme; and it is meant to get you thinking about this very important subject, as you practice reading skills and as you build your reading vocabulary! Most of all, have fun learning; because if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn. When you are finished reading, you can go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun!

An earthquake is kind of scary, but it doesn't last long. And then you have the after shocks, and you kind of worry. Read this book and find out how you can be safe and take care of yourself when the ground just shakes and rattles and rolls beneath your two feet! And you can visit some fun, familiar Penelope Dyan characters at the same time!Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and filled with word recognition, word recognition and rhyme, this fun, 'learn to read' book is sure to make you smile as you practice your reading skills, and as you think about this very important subject! Its size is perfect to carry along in a kid-sized backpack, so please share this book with your friends! Its extra large print is also easy on young eyes; and as you practice your reading skills, be sure to look for those brand new reading vocabulary words!Don't forget to listen to what the elephant says, and to have fun reading and learning! Then you can go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun!

Sometimes a kid can start to feel sad and can't figure out why or how to stop feeling the way he, or she, feels. It's called feeling blue. And everyone feels blue at one time or another. And even though you might know this to be true, you want the blue feeling to stop!And there does happen to be one little, simple thing you can do; and you can find out what this one little, simple thing is as you read this fun, 'learn to read' book written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan! And while you are doing that, you can practice reading skills and build your reading vocabulary; because this fun, 'learn to read' book is filled with word recognition and word repetition and rhyme! And this book is also filled with fun and familiar Dyan characters who will guide you right through the pages of this book!Then, when you are all finished reading, you can go straight to the Belllissimavideo YouTube channel; and you can watch the free music video that goes along with this book for even more learning fun! Because, as we all know, if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn!

Sometimes good people do bad things, but there is never any excuse for having bad manners; and having bad manners is not a good thing. You should never spit at another person or throw things at them or yell at them for no reason. This is bad manners.Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this 'learn to read' book is meant to get a kid thinking as he or she practices reading skills through word repetition, word repetition and rhyme.Visit some fun and familiar Penelope Dyan characters and see what these characters think about how a kid should conduct himself or herself. And please don't forget the elephant does know what good manners are, and the monkey is seldom wrong!Most of all, have fun learning, because learning should always be fun! When you are done reading, go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun

Compromise is a very big word, and it is a great word to add to a kid's reading vocabulary! Compromising means that you think about and consider both sides of something about which two or more people may disagree, and then you find a solution that is acceptable to everyone. Maybe it means you give in, but for a good reason, like sharing. Our hero in this book has two apples, for example; and the elephant wants one of the apples. Our hero compromises and doesn't keep both apples for himself (like he wants to do) because sharing and caring win out over selfishness, just as caring and sharing should. Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and illustrated with Dyan's fun and familiar characters, this fun,'learn to read' book filled with word recognition, word recognition and rhyme is meant to get a kid thinking and talking about this very important subject. Written in its simplest terms, Penelope Dyan hopes to make the understanding of this topic and word easier for a child to understand.There is also a free music video that goes along with this book on Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel.

It may be a man's world, and a man (or a boy) might think it's a man's world; but things are changing. And things have been changing for a long time now. The truth of the matter is girls are finding out they can do anything a boy can do! Sometimes, girls can do things even better than a boy can! The truth is we are all different. We all have our strengths and our weaknesses. However, no girl shoud ever be told she can't do something just because she happens to be a girl!Use this fun 'learn to read' book filled with word repetition word repetition and rhyme, written by award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, to practice your reading skills and build your reading vocabulary, as you are guided through this book by some fun, familiar Penelope Dyan characters. And take some time to think about this very important subject and what it means to you, whether you happen to be either a boy or a girl.Then go to Belissimavideo's YouTube channel and watch the free music video that goes with this book and have some more learning fun!