Books by Penelope Dyan

Volendam, Netherlands is known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some local residents. The high pointed bonnet and dress style is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes; and visitors can have their pictures taken in traditional Dutch costumes at more than one of the many shops you will find along the waterfront. Volendam was originally the harbor of nearby Edam, situated at the mouth of the IJ bay. In 1357, a shorter canal was dug to the Zuiderzee, and it had its own harbor. The original harbor was dammed. Farmers and fishermen settled here. Vollendam, means 'Filled dam. The artists Picaso and Renoir also spent time time here, and they were most likely inspired by the surrounding natural beauty of this place. Award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan and photographer John D, Weigand invite you to see some of the things they saw when they went to Volendam. So have fun turning the pages of this 'learn to read' book with its extra-large print that can be easily carried in a kid-sized backpack! And to make the learning even more fun, look for the free music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel that goes along with this book!

Sometimes a person just does not feel like smiling. And not smiling all the time is perfectly okay. Maybe you are feeling other things, like sadness, or perhaps you are worried about something or you just want to sit and think, Award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan believes all feelings are good feelings, and that all feelings should be embraced. No one feels happy all the time, and no one feels like smiling all the time. This book talks about times when you don't feel like smiling, and about feeling you also may be having when you just can't smile.Begin a discussion as you use this 'learn to read' book with its extra large that is made for little eyes and its kid-friendly,fun illustrations, to practice reading skills. Word repetition, word recognition and rhyme make reading this book fun and easy as kids can guess what is coming next and should out the words. This book, like all the Penelope Dyan books are meant to be copied, handled and used so that kids can make their own books! Then to add more excitement to the learning fun, look for the music video that goes along with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel.

If you are dependable, then you are trustworthy and reliable, faithful, unfailing, steadfast and stable. However, If you are expendable, then you are designed to be used only once and not worth keeping. Once again you will be faced with a dilemma, and that dilemma is whether you will choose to be dependable or expendable. Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this 'learn to read' book is filled with another big message that is perfect to use in conjunction with core curriculum studies as you practice reading skills through the use of word repetition, word recognition, and rhyme. This kid-sized book is a perfect fit for little hands to carry; and it has extra large, easy to see and read print that is perfect for young eyes to see.Filled with fun and familiar Dyan characters, this book also has a free music video that you can find on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel to make the learning process even more fun, because Penelope Dyan and Bellissima Publishing, LLC believe if learning isn't fun, kids won't love to learn!

There are tons of things for a kid to do and see in Kauai, Hawaii,and award winning author, attorney and former teacher, PenelopeDyan, along with award winning photographer, John D. Weigandhave combined their efforts once again to show you just a fewof those things. You can kayak down a river, surf on the beachand you can see some fun and beautiful birds. Chickens run wildon Kauai, surviving all on their own, left over from early settlers,and the Hawaiian geese are a real treat to watch and they paddleright up to you. There is a lighthouse you can visit that is 100years old, and it just had its birthday! And the color green isabundant, as the mist and rain caress the island daily. In fact,Mount Wai?ale?ale (near the center of the island) is 5,148 feet(1,569 m) above sea level. And it is said to be one of the wettestspots on earth, with an annual average rainfall of a grand total of460 inches! Yes, you can go to a luau and eat out and do all thosesorts of things; but you can also go bird watching, see a rainbowin a blowhole, and just lie under an umbrella on the beach andsoak up the sun. This is why they call this place paradise! Thisbook is also an early reader so a kid can practice reading skillsthough word recognition and rhyme, and there is a music videoon the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel that goes along with thisbook for more educational fun!

Sometimes we don't like it when it rains. All sorts of things come with rain, like thunder and lightning; and that can be very scary. You definitely can't go swimming when there is thunder and lightening, but you can still swim when it's just plain old rain, so that kind of rain isn't scary at all. Some people like to dance in the rain. There are old movies on TV that show you that. Maybe that sort of thing isn't for you and like the heroine of our little story, you just can't stand the rain! Sometimes people feel like that, especially if they are kids; and that's very much okay. However, there are lots of things you can do when it rains. You can even do what the kids in this book do if your mother will let you. The main thing to remember is you do not need to be afraid of the rain. Use it as an opportunity to do something else, something fun. Cozy up with a good book (maybe this book) draw a picture, watch a fun video, maybe the video that goes with this book! And it's free so look for it on Bellissimavideo on YouTube--It's easy because the name of the video is the same as the title of this book! Written and illustrated by Penelope Dyan, an award winning author, attorney and former teacher, if you can't stand the rain, or if you don't know what to do on a rainy day, then this book is perfect for you! Now this book won't tell you WHAT to do on a rainy day, but it will help you get started on thinking about what a rainy day means and get you thinking about how you can be creative on a rainy day!

Do you feel all alone, like you are the white elephant in the room? Do you know what a white elephant is? The term 'white elephant' is an idiom ( a word group with an entirely different meaning from the separate words when the words are said all together) for something you can't afford to keep and can't throw away. The term comes from a story about the kings of Siam (now Thailand) who made presents of their sacred white elephants to those they didn't like in order to ruin them through the cost of caring for the elephants. Since the animals were sacred, they couldn't work or carry loads. The cost of keeping them was not equal their worth, and a gift from the king had to be kept and could not be refused. People should never be white elephants, but sometimes others are not kind; and they can make you feel like one. Find out why you are NOT a white elephant, and why there is (after all) someone who wants you. Award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, weaves a charming story in verse about what one white elephant found out about friendship and how we should treat one another. Enjoy this book as you think about some very important things and practice your reading skills at the same time. Most of all. remember learning is fun!

Former teacher, attorney and international award winning author, Penelope Dyan, wrote this book, "Ben's Elephant!" for her good friend, Ben. Ben calls Penelope Dyan the 'book lady,' and he is full of ideas for stories he wants her to write. One day while drawing an elephant together on I-Pad, they noticed something about the elephant; and this story was born. Can you guess what it was that was different about Ben's elephant and what they did about it?Ben loves art, and he can't stop drawing. He has a very big imagination that never stops, and sometimes he will burst into laughter, and he will give someone a great big hug for no reason at all! Maybe you know someone like Ben. Maybe you are just like Ben. Do your drawings sometimes come to life for you in your imagination? If they do, then perhaps you should sit down and write a story about your own drawings. You could even make a book! That's what Penelope Dyan did when she was a kid! And when she was a teacher, her kids were always making books, drawing and having fun reading and learning, because learning and doing all of those things is always fun!

Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. That said, Peebles, Scotland is a wonderful little town, plucked out of a storybook, where birds fly and dogs run, and red-haired boys and girls ride bicycles and play in the green of the town and vast countryside. Award winning author, attorney, and former teacher Penelope Dyan and professional photographer John D. Weigand invite you to embark with them on a small trip though this colorful town where they ate delicious fish and chips along the river tweed and stayed in a hotel that was a castle!This book, like all the Weigand/Dyan travel books, will not merely spoon feed kids a bunch of facts. It will encourage imagination. See what things your children can find out about this place and make this book their own by inserting their own photographs, drawing, tickets, notes and whatever they want within these pages. This is how a child really learns--by doing, not my memorizing sets of facts. Children always see things very differently than adults, and Dyan and Weigand are able to see what children see and invite them to find out more!

During the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries the southern sea otters were hunted for their rich, thick coats of fur; and they were hunted to near extinction. Today there are only about 2200 southern sea otters left off the central California coast, and there used to be 16,000 to 20,000 of them! However, with our help their numbers can and will grow! In January 1977 the US Fish and Wildlife Service placed sea otters on the Endangered Species list. Now they are protected by both state and federal law. The current surviving population of southern sea otters descended from a single group of sea otters that survived off the coast of Big Sur at Bixby Creek Bridge. The southern sea otter population increased five percent a year up until 1995, and then the numbers suddenly decreased. Now things are evening out again, and the sea otter population is considered stable. No one is exactly certain why the sea otter colonies aren't re-establishing themselves as quickly as everyone thought they would. It is believed pollution may be the cause, or perhaps over-fishing may be starving them. The favorite foods of the sea otters are abalone, sea urchins, crabs, clams, and octopus; and in Alaska they have been known to eat fish. Sea otters eat more than 40 different prey items. A sea otter can hold his breath for up to five minutes and can dive down to 330 feet. Its thick, thick coat keeps the southern sea otter toasty and warm; and ironically, the very thing that adapted them to survive the cold of the ocean was the thing that caused them to be hunted and killed. You see, they have no blubber (like a whale does) to keep them warm. What they have is up to one million hairs per square inch on their bodies! In comparison, an average human has only about 20,000 hairs on his or her entire head! Sea otters must also clean, groom and eat almost constantly just to survive! This is the second book in the "The Comeback Kids" Book Series. It is meant to give you a window into a wider world that everyone must learn to respect. After all, we are just a small part of the grander scheme of life. The photographs of John D. Weigand were taken with reverence and care at the direction of this author off the coast of Monterey Bay, California, where the sea otters perform for those who watch and seem to pose for pictures as if they know their pictures are being taken,

The Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, the guys with the great big noses and the squabbling harems, are the really big comeback kids; and we mean that, because not only are the elephant seals really big, they have made a really big comeback! Hundreds of thousands of these really fun creatures once inhabited the Pacific Ocean, and then they were wholesale slaughtered in the 1800's for their blubber that could be rendered into oil. Only 50-100 of them were left to roam the vast ocean where they spend most of their time until it is time for them to come ashore to molt or mate. They lumber across land very slowly and they mate and molt on land, so the elephant seals were a very easy target for their human hunters.In 1922 the Mexican government enacted laws to protect them, and a few years later the United States of America did the very same thing. Miraculously these grand animals began to slowly reappear! Today it is estimated there are about 160,000 elephant seals! Males have a life expectancy of 14 years, while a female elephant seal lives to the ripe old age of 20!They are pinnipeds and molt like all pinnipeds do (to get rid of old skin and hair) but they do that all at once, once a year, during the spring and summer; and exactly when they molt depends on the age that they are, and who they are! The females and juveniles molt from April to May, and the young males molt from May to June, while the Adult males molt from July to August.They come to shore to mate and to give birth in December and hang out on the beach for a few months, because the process of birthing and mating and weaning must take its proper course. The female mates approximately 24 days after giving birth.The males are 14 to 16 feet in length and weigh up to two and a half tons each, and the females are a petite 10 to 12 feet in length and weigh a mere 1200 to 2000 pounds.This is the first book in "The Comeback Kids" Book Series. It is meant to inspire and to make you realize anything is possible in this world if we stop doing what is wrong and do what is right, and give mother nature the opportunity to nourish herself.The Photographs by John D. Weigand were taken with reverence at the direction of this author at the seal rookery at Piedras Blancas, at the southern end of Big Sur on the California coast, twelve miles north of Cambria.

Who is always with us? Can you solve the riddle of this book? Penelope Dyan has used her gifts and talent to create yet another faith based book for you, filled with poetry and based on verses from the Holy Scriptures, set out on each page to give you a hint to the answer to the riddle. What is the question? Read this book and find out! Enjoy the fun illustrations and poetry of this award winning author, attorney and former teacher as you explore your fears and realize you are not alone. Just in case you can't figure out the answer to the riddle, by the time you get to the very last page of this book, everything will be very, very clear. Practice your reading skills as you read the fun poetry of Penelope Dyan set out in extra large print for the littlest of eyes to see, and see how the Bible was written just for you as you read the corresponding bible verses, or have them read to you!

A steam train is a train that is pulled by a head locomotive that produces power through a steam engine. The purpose of a steam train was to pull freight cars and passenger coaches along railroad tracks. All the Steam locomotives are fueled by coal, wood or oil. The fuel is burned to produce steam in a boiler, and this is what drives the steam engine so that it can pull the train cars. Fuel and water supplies are also carried on the train. Beginning in Britain, steam locomotives dominated railway transportation from the start of the 19th century, until the middle of the 20th century. They were gradually improved and developed in their over 150 years of use. Starting in about 1930, other types of engines were developed, and steam locomotives were gradually superseded by the diesel and electric locomotives. So what this means is that they basically stopped using them in favor of more modern means of transport, including the more modern trains. A very fun thing to do when you are in England is to see if you can take a trip on a steam train, because you will be sitting and traveling in a real piece of something that came right from the history books! Try to imagine all the people who might have sat right here you are sitting. Write a story about it. Take some pictures, and put your tickets in this book and make it your very own. See if you can see some of the things Penelope Dyan and John D. Weigand saw when they conceived this book! Written by the award winning writer, attorney, and former K-12 teacher, Penelope Dyan, and accompanied by the always wonderful photographs of professional photographer and videographer, John D. Weigand, even if you don't get a chance to ride this train, you can still get a bird's eye view of it through the words and photos in this book!

The city of Bath was first established by the Romans in 43 AD as a spa resort and was given the Latin name, Aquae Sulis, "the waters of Sulis." However, many believe Bath was known about before that. The Romans built baths and a temple on the surrounding hills of Bath in the valley of the River Avon around hot springs, the only natural hot springs in the United Kingdom. Edgar was crowned King of England at Bath Abbey in 973. Bath became very popular as a spa resort during the Georgian era. This led to major expansion of the city and left Bath with a rich heritage of Georgian architecture. Today, there is even more to Bath than the great Roman baths. There's ice-cream to eat, stores where you can shop and all sorts of musicians and things to see and hear. Use this book as a learning tool when you go to Bath, and see what you can add to this book. Take time to insert your own pictures of what you find inside and outside the Roman baths. You can get to Bath by train from London, rent a car to get there, or go on a sight seeing tour. Here is a secret. (Don?t tell anyone we told you.) You can even see Windsor Castle and Stonehenge on the way to bath (or from Bath) if you like. No professional photographs are allowed inside the baths, so this surprise also awaits your visit. This book was photographed by John D. Weigand, and written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan in a way the youngest of kids can learn and understand. It is also a perfect complement to your mom?s coffee table!

There is a reason for the Easter season, and while it is great fun to look for all the colored eggs and fun things the Easter Bunny might bring, there is an even bigger reason for the celebration of Easter.This book uses basic teaching skills, repetition of words from the Dolch reading word list, and rhyme, along with kid friendly colorful illustrations that will encourage your child to be creative. Let your child finish the rhyme, and let him name the characters he sees on the pages after he notices the word patterns presented in the book. This will reinforce his reading skills, and give you a chance to interact with your child as your child reads. It doesn't matter if you think your child is already reading and therefore doesn't need this kind of book, because that isn't the point of the book. The point of this book, and of all Penelope Dyan books, is to promote four things 1) creativity; 2) discussion; 3) enjoyment of reading; and 4) fun! If you meet these goals with your child when it comes to reading, your child will love reading. If your child loves reading, your chid will learn and love learning; because learning will be associated with both the discovery of new things and fun! Penelope Dyan is a former teacher, an attorney and an award winning writer. Two of her books for children have been chosen by the UK Arts Council and are on display at the Saison Poetry library on the fifth floor of the Royal Exhibit Hall at Southbank Centre, London. Two of her other books are listed in the best books (of the top ten books) on the Pukeke Reading list in Australia; and her book "Surfer Girl" was best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival, and it is also recognized on the Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University Florida.

All kids have a favorite something. Maybe your favorite thing is a blanket or a pillow. And maybe you like its smell and never want to wash it, whatever it is. The girl in this book had some socks she liked to wear because of Christmas. She never wanted to take them off her feet. What do you think happened to those socks? Read this book and find out, and find out what other things this girl did to help celebrate the Christmas season.Written and illustrated by award winning author, Penelope Dyan, this story brings us a whimsical side of childhood everyone can enjoy. Two of Dyan's books, "Ben's Adventures, Proof Positive A Boy Will Be A Boy," and "Happy Birthday, A Book About Birthdays, Dreams And Wishes," were recently chosen by the UK Arts council to be placed in the Saison Poetry Library, Southbank Centre, on the fifth floor of the Royal Exhibit Hall, London; and another of her children's books of poetry, " A Book For Girls About Being A Girl," is ranked 3rd on the Pukeke reading list of best books for girls aged 5-8 in Australia. Her book "Surfer Girl" was winner of best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival, and is recognized by Girl's Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida. "Surfer Girl" is also ranked fifth on Pukeke reading list of best books for early teens.Read this book and think about all of the very little things about Christmas, like your favorite pair of Christmas socks, your favorite ornament upon the tree, or the smell of Christmas dinner; and thenremember how special Christmas is, and carry it through your heart all year long.

Get involved in politics with your child in an absolutely fun way! Based on a political comment by one running for office (that your child has more than likely heard) Dyan sets out to both teach your child and amuse. The other words used in this book are some of the very same words taught in the Penny Mouse Early Reader Series, taken from and based upon the first primary reading list, and this book is not only fun, it is relevant and also purposeful .So smile and laugh and have some fun with this book, and please talk to your child and interact with your child, because this is all a part of the intended purpose of this book! A former K-12 teacher, published in 'The Kindergartner,' as well as in 'Instructor Magazine' and in 'Humpty Dumpty' children's magazine, and an award winning author, Penelope Dyan has once again put her expertise, love and knowledge of children to work; and this book is one story of one election you and your child do not want to miss!

This is the first book of the Animal Rescue Series, and photographer John D. Weigand and writer and poet Penelope Dyan continue with Bellissima Publishing, LLC's plan to save the planet one species at a time by making kids and adults aware of the plight of those creatures over which humankind has been given dominion. Their visit to Laguna Beach's Pacific marine Mammal Center brings home the wonderful work that is being done there to save seals, sea lions and elephant seals that need a little help before they can move along on their way. Dyan is an award winning author and poet, and Weigand is an experienced television engineer. Both have been widely published in their fields, Weigand in television engineering, and Dyan in teachers' journals, magazines for kids, and in business and law magazines. (Dyan has also published several titles in several genres with Bellissima.)

This is book ten of the Penny Mouse Early Reader Series. And here we go again, this time with a great review of that primary reading list and a new and fun story that (of course) includes our bees! Penelope Dyan brings your child to the love of earning, and it gets better with every book! Follow the Olympic dreams of our fun friends, and see how the bees they fear help them with their dreams. You never know how a dream will come true, and Dyan reminds us in this little book that life is always full of surprises---some of which are quite wonderful!Penelope Dyan's 'Surfer Girl' is the winner of both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival, and so she knows all about life's little surprises! 'Surfer Girl ' is also recognized by Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida!A former teacher, an attorney and a writer, mother and grandmother, Dyan brings all her expertise to the pages of whatever she writes. These are tried and true classroom techniques that begin with the first book in this series, 'Sticks,' and progresses from there until your child is reading!

This is book Nine of the Penny Mouse Early Reader Series, and the fun of learning continues! This time Penelope Dyan introduces us to the frogs! The frogs jump, of course; and they are bothered by those same pesky little bees that we have seen in earlier Penny Mouse Early Readers!This book lists the first primary reading list words right next to the book's introduction, so that parents can copy the words and make flash cards to use with their children as their children learn to read. Dyan begins to also incorporate the use of counting and number words so that the child can interact with the parent as the reading progresses.You will note Dyan uses correct English writing. "To where did the little frog go?" and not "Where did the little frog go to," because that would be ending a sentence in a preposition; and Dyan is a believer that if a child hears and reads correct English, he or she will speak correct English. But that is just a hidden lesson, the main lesson of this book, and this series is mainly about the joy of learning! Penelope Dyan is an attorney, a writer and a former teacher and has been widely published in both the field of law as well as the field of education. She is an award winning writer, and she brings her love of children to the Penny Mouse Early Reader Series! Each concept is tried and true and classroom/kid tested! Go ahead and laugh as you teach! (Everyone is supposed to have fun with these books!)

This is book eight of The Penny Mouse Early Reader Series, and hold on to your hat because this is going to be a fun ride! More words from the primary reading list fill this book, and the pages are also filled with things at which you can laugh. If you want a reading review for your child to see where he or she is at in his or her reading skills, this book will serve that purpose. If you are teaching your child to read and have been waiting to purchase book eight of the Penny Mouse Early Reader Series , then now is the time to make that purchase. If you just want to read a funny book to your child and hear the laughter, then this book is for you!The illustrations are delightful and simple, and the words are put together in such a way that your child can't help but to have fun as he or she continues down the path of learning.Penelope Dyan has done it again! Published in The Kindergartner, Humpty Dumpty Magazine, Instructor Magazine, and writer of many books in many genres, Dyan aims to please her audience. This time her audience is the kids she loves, and her work here reflects that! Dyan's 'Surfer Girl' as the winner of best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival, and is recognized by Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University, Florida.

This is a great little book meant just for kids, the first book to be published in Penelope Dyan's "Penny Mouse Early Reader Series," It is a book meant toencourage reading, creativity and the fun of learning all wrapped into one! Theconcept is simple, but the meaning is deep. Everything about Dyan is more thanit 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 enjoy yourselvestoo, because this is exactly why Dyan created these simply delightful little books!Look for more 'Penny Mouse Early Readers,' because they will be coming out soon!Written by a former teacher, but meant for kids, it's Penny Mouse all the way!

Innsbruck, Austria is one of the most beautiful places in the entire world. High in the hills of Austria, you can get a feel of what it was like in the not too distant past, and in the old part of town, they have made great efforts to preserve what has made the town unique. Evidence shows habitation in the early Stone Age. Surviving pre-Roman place names show that the area has been continuously populated. Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn Valley at the junction with the Sill River, and it provides access to the Brenner Pass, The word bruck comes from the German word Brücke which means "bridge." Innsbruck literally means "bridge over the Inn." The Austrians and the people of Innsbruck have gone to a lot of trouble to make Innsbruck tourist and kid friendly. When you walk down the streets of the old part of the town, you almost feel like it was created by Walt Disney himself! And even if you can't go to Innsbruck, you can still enjoy going there vicariously through the pages of this book with award winning author, attorney and former K-12 teacher, Penelope Dyan, and John D. Weigand, professional photographer and videographer, Use the pages of this book to insert your own notes, photographs and tickets and things to make this book your very own; because it is only when you make a book your own that you can truly learn from its pages. Research, study and have fun; and if you go to Innsbruck see what you can recognize from this book! That will make your trip there even more interesting and fun, because you will be on a mission of discovery.

Is it true there is a time for everything? Silly Sally and her mother seem to think so. There is a time to relax and a time to have fun; and there is a time to scrub. And there is always time to smile, of course.Take a look at life through the eyes of silly Sally and her mother and see what you can see. Sally's mother does not get upset over the small things and she enjoys Sally and how Sally looks at life.Written and illustrated by Penelope Dyan, an award winning author, an attorney and a former teacher who simply loves kids, this book will make you stop and look at life's big picture, if only in a small way; and this book is meant for moms and dads as much as it is meant for children. Dyan thinks one should not sweat the small stuff of life, and you should, instead, revel in them.Dyan has had two of her books, much like this one, placed in the Saison Poetry Library at Southbank Centre, London, UK, in the Royal Exhibit hall, chosen by the UK Arts council for placement in their collection of children's poetry. Another one of her poetry books, "A Book For Girls About Being A Girl," is also ranked third on the Pukeke reading list in Australia in books of poetry for girls ages 5-9. Dyan's book, "Surfer Girl" is ranked fifth on the Pukeke reading list for best books for early teens, and "Surfer Girl" is listed on Girl's Voices In Literature Database, Miami university Florida. "Surfer Girl" (additionally) was winner of best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival and has won several other awards, as have several of Dyan's other books.

Eve was the very first woman on the entire earth, and you might say that because she was the first woman to wear clothes (thanks to her eating of the forbidden fruit) that she was also the inventor of style! Do you ever think about what it would be like to live in the Garden of Eden and how you would feel if you had to leave it? The award winning author, attorney and former K-12 teacher, Penelope Dyan, has thought about these things a lot. If you have thought about these things as well, then maybe you can draw some pictures showing what you imagine the Garden of Eden was like! Read the story of Eve and find out how she was tempted by the serpent to eat of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. Also find out why and how God showed his mercy to us all as you learn all about the first sin, the original sin, and how we were ALL blessed and given a second bite at the apple of life! Be sure to read all of the bible verses as you enjoy the delightful verse and drawings of Penelope Dyan.

Sometimes when you go looking for answers, the answer is just outside your window. Of course, that does depend on what the question is. Penelope Dyan explores the answer to one question and finds her answer by looking just outside the window. Can you guess what the question is? If someone told you to look outside your window, then what would you see? What answers would you find.Penelope Dyan is an award winning internationally known writer and poet and a former K-12 teacher as well as an attorney, so she is used to asking lots of questions; and she is also used to looking for answers.Take a trip "Just Outside The Window' with Penelope Dyan and see what you find as you enjoy the kid-friendly illustrations and poetry that are in integral part of this fun book that Penelope Dyan wrote for her very favorite people, kids!Think about what is just outside your own window and make up a story and draw some drawings of your very own. and do it just because you can! Kids are the very best at this kind of stuff, and Dyan believes that every kid has a story inside just waiting to come out. After all, she has been writing these books since she was a kid, and when she grew up she just kept on doing the same old thing! Smile, laugh and read, and remember no one can read too many books!

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a turtle? Just think, you could go anywhere you wanted to go and never leave your home, because you would be carrying your home on your back! (Or at least that's what everyone says.)This is the story of a very funny couple of turtles who like to sing and who never stay anywhere for very long. And Penelope Dyan introduces them to you through her delightful poetry and kid-like illustrations The tale is short and sweet; and it is, of course, the tale of two turtles who enjoy the company of one another very much, ,as you will see. Sometimes it seems like people are like turtles, or maybe turtles are like people. But the truth is that turtles really are turtles, and people really are people, except in a Penelope Dyan story where things just seem to get a little confused. After you read "A Turtle's Life For Me!" you can decide if you are a turtle, or if you just want to live your life like one.

It's 'Off To School' with Penelope Dyan! Use this book to get the dialog going about that first day od school. Dyan knows that sometimes kids are apprehensive about going to school, and so she addresses that apprehension directly in this fun little book and gives parents a chance to explore all those crazy thoughts and feelings with their children.Penelope Dyan is an award winning writer and poet and a former K-12 teacher and attorney who brings all her expertise to the table as she writes. Her books for kids are based on her experience with them, as well as on her classroom experience. Enjoy Dyan's whimsical poetry and child-like illustrations, all done in bright and vibrant colors as you explore the world as only a child sees it.Our little hero is off to school, and first he feels very excited about it, and then he just doesn't want to go at all. Perhaps this is how you felt on your first day of school until you found out just how good school was and how much fun you would really have!And here is a little secret about Penelope Dyan. When Dyan was onlysixteen, she was introduced to a guy named Ted who lived in La Jolla (and wrote children's books) who told her her she was wonderful, and she should send her work to publishers even if she had to write on toilet paper, and to never give up writing and submitting. That guy named Ted turned out to beTed Geisel, Dr, Suess, and his words have been an inspiration to Dyan ever since. This book is dedicated to that guy named Ted.