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There are so many things that happened when Christ Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount. People came from all around to hear the word of God. Imagine what it must have been like as the Lord Jesus himself spoke before the people! One very exciting thing that came from this sermon are the eight beatitudes. These eight beatitudes tell us how to live in a way that is right, just and holy. If everyone lived according to these eight beatitudes, there would be no more hunger or thirst on this earth, and everyone would be fed, clothed, warm and housed. There would be no more homeless people. War and greed would be a thing of the past. Award winning author, Penelope Dyan believes that every journey begins with a single step and every fire begins with a single spark, and this is why she wrote this special little book just for kids. It is a faith based book, but you do not have to be a believer in anything to benefit from the basic concepts presented in this book, and you will see some of her favorite comical characters as well, just to make you smile!

The Canterbury Tales begin with the introduction of a group of pilgrims journeying to Canterbury to the shrine of Thomas Becket. The pilgrims include a knight, his son (the Squire) the knight's yeoman, a prioress (a kind of nun), a second nun, a monk, a friar, a merchant, a clerk, a man of law, a franklin, a weaver, a dyer, a carpenter, a tapestry-maker, a haberdasher, a cook, a shipman, a physician, a parson, a miller, a manciple, a reeve, a summoner, a pardoner, the wife of Bath, and the author of the Canterbury tales, himself, Geoffrey Chaucer! They meet at the Tabard Inn and decide to tell stories to pass the time on the way to Canterbury. The host of the Tabard Inn sets the rules for the tales. Each pilgrim is to tell two stories on the way to Canterbury, and two stories on their return. The host will decide whose tale is best for meaningfulness and for fun. They draw lots to decide who will tell the first tale, and the knight wins. The trip and the tales follow, and the interesting thing is that many of the sayings we use so often today come straight from "The Canterbury Tales" and Geoffrey Chaucer. Penelope Dyan and John D. Weigand traveled to Canterbury, UK so that you could see the destination of these pilgrims. Now while the original tales are told in old English, there is now a version of them everyone can easily understand. The importance of these tales and knowing all about them is that this is the foundation that actually began English literature, and if you know about Chaucer. you will be ahead in your future studies. It is also important to know these tales as a stepping stone for telling and writing stories of your own, because the creation of stories is what Dyan, an award winning writer, former teacher and attorney, wants you to do! Every kid should use his or her imagination to its fullest! Everyone has a story to tell, and this is the whole point of Chaucer's Canterbury tales as well!

Do you know someone who is getting married? People get married all the time, and weddings are lots of fun. But it doesn't mean whoever is getting married is going away forever. They will still be the very same person right there to love you just like they did before they got married. So if someone in your life is getting married, please do not worry, because they will love you just as much as they always have, no matter what. This book uses the concept of marriage to tell a little story about one girl who dreamed of getting married someday and of finding that right person to marry. Now while marriage may not be as popular a concept as it once was, it is still a glorious thing to do, getting married that is. And you can use this book to start your very own discussion on the subject. Written in simple poetry and illustrated in kid-friendly Penelope Dyan style, this award winning author and poet tells a story like no one else can, and Bellissima promises you will again smile and laugh when you read this book that was written for a very special little girl Penelope Dyan saw grow up right before her eyes! The girl's name is Hailey. This book is dedicated to her and to her parents and was written for them as a very special surprise. "Someone's Getting Married" can be given as a gift to someone you know and love who is getting married, or it can be used to discuss the concept of marriage and to get a dialog going on the subject with your child. This is a faith based book that includes the concept of God's plan for us all. (There is also a free Bellissimavideo video that goes with this book on 'YouTube' "Baby I'm Yours" sung by Penelope Dyan. Use it with this book to further the discussion and learning experience.)

Izmir,Turkey is an exciting place to visit, full of history and culture and more facts than you could ever possibly keep inside your head, so the best thing to do when you go to this place is to simply soak it in, relax and take a step back in time as you explore this part of Turkey, which is actually a part of Asia. The Turks will tell you that people who are from this part of Turkey in Asia were the first settlers of America, the first Native Americans. They will tell you that it was their ancestors who crossed the Bering Strait during the ice age, and that their people are Nomadic and to them at that time, it made perfect sense. The problem was the ice that made up the bridge to America melted, and they could not come home. Looking at the traditional rugs (as you will see in this book) lend credence to this theory, because the art of the weave and the manner of the weaving, dying and creation of the rugs of the Navajo and these Nomadic Turks (today) look almost exactly the same. Travel through this book's pages and take a glimpse at Izmir Turkey with award winning writer, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan and master photographer John D. Weigand, and behold the magic of Turkey!

A review of this book in Today's Zaman, 'Turkish Delight': Exploring Sultanahmet with a child, 2 October 2011 / MARION JAMES, ISTANBUL reads in part as follows: If I were taking a child around Sultanahmet, we would arrive home exhausted and fall into a deep sleep, imagining ourselves to be characters from Istanbul's exciting historic past. This child's eye view is captured in a delightful series of guidebooks by Weigand and Dyan. The Istanbul guide is entitled "Turkish Delight" and children are taken round the city by a simple rhyme which accompanies 20 full-page photographs. "What a surprise to go to Istanbul, Turkey, and to see all the wonderful things that a kid can see," they write in the introduction. "The whole idea of the Dyan/Weigand travel books is to let you see some of the things kids might like to see when they travel to other countries and to give you a real taste and flavor of these places. These books with the poetry of Penelope Dyan and the photographs of John Weigand are different ... because they are meant to stir the imaginations of children, not spoon-feed them facts that are boring." The poetry certainly pulls a child into the trip and its rhythm keeps you turning the pages. Some of the rhymes and scanning are a bit forced, but it is a good device to keep the child's interest. As a former teacher, Dyan knows just what will grab the imagination. In the Grand Bazaar... There are shops there with all kinds of things Even emeralds and rubies and diamond rings! And by the head of Medusa in the underground cisterns: Don't look into her eyes! Don't go there alone! Or you may find YOU are turned into stone! Some of the pictures are absolute winners, captivating the eye. Rows of colorful slippers spread out on a stall capture the very essence of Istanbul street-trading. A few pages on there is an amazing array of fresh fish, shot real close up. Outside a restaurant I saw these fish, Waiting to be cooked and put on a dish! The author and photographer point out that "children remember what catches their eyes." end quote This picture book written by award winning author and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, is meant to awaken the senses and the imagination of the young child and is truly seen through the eyes of a child. This is why it is a "Turkish Delight."

Is there something you would really like to do? Maybe you want more than anything to have a surprise birthday party, and you make a secret wish for one at someone else's surprise birthday party. Maybe you want to do something simpler, like learn to fish. Do you think it is an easy thing to fish? The boy in this story found out fishing was not as easy as it looks.In the end our little hero learned to fish, but he really didn't understand why he was fishing because it seems he never caught a fish and really didn't want to catch one. Can you figure out why?This book is written and illustrated by Penelope Dyan, a former teacher, as well as an attorney and an award winning author who has had two of her kids' books placed in the Saison Poetry Library in the Royal Exhibit Hall, London, UK, chosen by the UK Arts council. She is also recognized on the Pukeke Reading list of best books in Australia, with her book "A book For Girls About Being A Girl," ranked 3rd in books of poetry for girls ages 5-9.

The small community of Julian, California is nestled in the Cuyamaca mountains just about an hour east of San Diego, California. Here you can take a step back in time all the way to Julian's 1870's gold rush. You can follow the signs and visit a gold mine, on weekends take a horse and carriage ride, eat apples and apple pie and shop in stores and sit at an historic soda fountain. There is also a lot of fun art that kids will love to see, things like deer and bears carved from big trees, and even a cigar store Indian! You can stay in an historic hotel, see a volunteer ire station and even the Pioneer Cemetery where the Julian pioneers are buried! Go on a picnic and search for wildlife, and you just may find some. And when you go to the soda fountain, it is said the root beer floats are the best ever! What you decide to do is all up to you! It seems everyone wants to escape back into the good old days when times were simpler and loads of fun, and if you can't escape for a lifetime, you can always escape for a day, Or you can just escape vicariously through the pages of this book with poet Penelope Dyan and photographer John D. Weigand! Because this is yet another book meant for kids that will look great on your coffee table! If you decide to take a look up the winding road through the Cuyamaca Mountains to Julian, see how many of the historic sites your kids can find. But don't forget to take the book for a quick comparison! And have some apple butter, apple juice, apple cider, apple pie, and candied and otherwise prepared apples, and remember an apple a day is very good for you! (And Julian is good for you too!)

Cabo San Lucas, is commonly called Cabo and is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Cabo San Lucas together with San José del Cabo is known as Los Cabos, and it is a great vacation destination with a lot of things to see and do! You can go to the beach, surf or go fishing, scuba or snorkel, and go shopping! Cabo is enjoyed by everyone, natives of Mexico and tourists alike,Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and complemented by the beautiful photographs of John D. Weigand, this book is perfect for kids! Its size is easy to handle, and its large print is perfect for young eyes. It is easy to fit this book into a kid-sized backpack, and it can be used in conjunction with practicing reading skills, because of the author's careful use of word repetition, word recognition and rhyme. Most of all, this book is meant for kids, and it is meant to show a kid the things a kid will notice when he or she travels! And to make the learning experience even more fun, there is a free music video kids can watch on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel that goes with this book!

Skagway, Alaska celebrates its gold rush past; and if you go there you can ride a train high into the mountains and on a clear day see all the way to the sea. There is a quaint, preserved town that you can walk through to your heart's content where you can shop, snack, walk, ride in a horse and buggy and just enjoy the quiet simplicity of this town that bills itself as the gateway of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898! And when you see the breadth of the land and the cold mountains covered in snow, you can visualize the hardship these prospectors went through in their search for the golden ore.Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, to accompany photographs taken by the talented photographer, John D. Weigand, you can take a peek at this place right out of the past as you practice your reading skills through the use of word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. And if you happen to take a trip to Alaska, this book is the perfect size for little hands to hold and stuff with all their tickets and other things! There is also a music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel with the same name as this book, with even more pictures of this grand place, to add to your learning fun. So go over bridges and go through tunnels and say hello to a bunch of rocks using this book and your imagination!

No one likes to be awakened from a sound sleep, especially not your teddy bear! Practice your reading skills as you learn to read through repetition, word recognition and rhyme, and enjoy the kid-friendly illustrations in this fun book written and illustrated by Penelope Dyan, an award winning author, an attorney and a former teacher who really knows, loves and understands children.Dyan books are kid tested, and they encourage children to be creative and even to try their own hand at creating their very own books, without even being told to do so. Children are encouraged to shout out the word that comes next in the rhyme, and can see words repeated, meaning if they don't get a word or phrase the first time, they have another chance to get it right! This method creates a built in success! Kids will want to learn and read if they think that learning and reading are fun. And this is the whole point of the Penelope Dyan kids' readers. For a kid, everything in life should be fun; and Dyan believes we should all remain kids as long as possible. Look for the music video that goes along with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel for even more learning fun!

La Jolla, California, is a 'not-so-sleepy' beach town that is a part of San Diego County, California, where sea life abundantly abounds as well as fun. There are caves you can explore, kayaks you can rent, surfboards and boogie boards to ride, a carousel and a really great roller-coaster made of wood at nearby Mission Beach where you can also, incidentally, buy cotton candy and other goodies at a place called Belmont Park.Take a look at this beautiful place through the camera lens of John D, Weigand and practice your reading skills though the use of the simple verse created by Penelope Dyan, award winning author, attorney and former teacher. Look for the music video that goes along with this book to further enhance the learning experience. (You can find this music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel)Dyan likes to make learning fun, and Dyan and Weigand show you what a child notices and sees when they go to a place. This makes learning memorable, and hopefully very unforgettable!

San Diego, California is known for its sun, and the rain never stays here very long. There are lots of things to do and see when you are in San Diego, and sometimes the simpler things turn out to be the best things of all. These are the things photographer John D. Weigand and award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan want to share with their young readers, because this is their hometown and these are the things they like to do when they are tired of seeing and doing all the really big things, and fater all, sometimes the best things in life really are free! Flying a kite, or just watching one float through the air can be as much a delight as spending a ton of money at an amusement park. No, that doesn't mean you should skip Seaworld or the zoo or any of the other BIG attractions of San Diego, it just means that in San Diego if you look in the right places, you will fnd a feast for your eyes and senses. So look through the eyes of a child, and use the senses of a child and see what you see as you see what Dyan and Weigand wanted to share with you about their hometown. Also look for the music video tat goes along with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel. and see even more!

Everybody loves some bunny and some bunny loves you. Can you guess who the some bunny of this story is? Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and illustrated with her very kid-friendly drawings, this book is sure to make a kid smile. But most importantly, this book is built around the first grade Dolch Reading Word List, and the rhyme and drawings, along with the 'cartooned character' recognition allows the child to guess and shout out what is coming next, and all of this contributes to the love and joy of the reading experience.This book also has a video that goes along with it, and you can find it on the Bellissimavideo Channel on YouTube.Dyan believes all things should work together when it comes to the teaching process, but most of all she believes that learning should also be fun! Anyone can learn a thing, but without the love of learning, there is no joy in it; and it is the joy of the learning process that fosters creativity. And without creativity, we become merely stagnant.

Award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan writes this faith based book just for kids and tells the Christmas story in her own familiar way. With words that rhyme and repetition, and extra large print, this is a book that teaches reading skills as it ushers in the Christmas season. Because Dyan believes it is never too early to teach faith, she poured her heart into this little book, hoping to make it just right for kids. The book begins and ends with bible verse, and everything in the middle is presented through the eyes of a child, because Dyan truly sees with the eyes of a child.Look for the free video on Bellissimavideo on YouTube that goes along with this book, and have a blessed, faith filled very merry Christmas! And never forget that Jesus is the reason for the season! With that I mind, this is Dyan's gift to you all!

Happiness is many different things to many different people. Some happiness is fleeting, like getting a brand new bicycle that you have wanted for a long, long time. You are very excited to get it, but after awhile you seem to forget how happy it once made you feel. On the other hand, there is another kind of happiness that sticks with you, and that is the happiness award winning author Penelope Dyan writes about in this book.Read this book and decide what kinds of things really make you happy, because the things that make you really happy are the very best things in the whole wide world. These things are the stuff of life that make us who we are.Penelope Dyan is a former teacher, and an attorney and writer who makes books for kids that are really for kids, and that's how she gets them thinking. Some kids feel so comfortable with her they tell her what to write about in her next books. And guess what? She follows their advice! This is why she is not surprised when someone tells her, "You captured my great grandmother perfectly," or "My mother is just like that." Besides that, Dyan writes about a lot of things from her own childhood, and she tries to carry the joyful heart of a child within her.Jesus tells us in the bible we must be like a little child to enter the kingdom of God, and Dyan holds this statement as true. If we all change our hearts, and become as little children, not only will we enter the kingdom of God, Dyan believes we will have heaven on earth. And it doesn't matter what faith you are to have that. All you have to do is think and feel like a child, and you will most certainly find happiness and innocence and joy.

Complaining is never a good thing, and we should always be grateful for what we have, because there is always someone worse off than we are. The birds in the trees, the bees, the elephants and the lions all celebrate who they are, and live according to the rules of nature, which is how we all should live, with one another, with nature and with the earth.Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this is a book intended to be fun. So have fun reading this faith based 'learn to read' book filled with child inspired characters, word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, and know that being generous and pure of heart is what we all must strive to be.Sometimes we may feel like we don't have as much as someone else, and that is okay; because that is a normal way to feel. Just remember to look around and see the rest of the world with open and loving and understanding eyes, and then you will truly see how much you really have. And then, with open eyes share what you have with others, because a giving heart is a loving heart. When you are finished reading this book, look for the free music video that goes along with this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel.

Everyone always says there is never enough time in the day; and maybe they are right, and maybe they are wrong. That, my dear young reader, will be up to you to decide for yourself as you read this fun 'learn to read' book by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan.Once again, filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme and kid-friendly drawings, this book is meant to get the mind working. Think about the perspective of age in its relationship to time, and how one perceives time by virtue of one's age; and then get a dialogue going. Adults can see through the eyes of a child again, as they remember how they felt about growing up and about time when they were 'just kids.' But most of all, have fun with this 'learn to read' book; because if you don't have fun learning, you will not love to learn. When you are finished with the book, don't forget to go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel where you will find a free music video that goes right along with this book to make your learning experience even more fun!

Christmas is full of so many surprises, and you never know who will come knocking at your door! Perhaps you may even find a few penguins knocking, and perhaps you will find even more! The thing to remember about Christmas is that Christmas is about love, and love covers everything.Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this learn to read book is full of word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, and a very humorous story and fun characters that will sharpen your reading skills as you have fun with reading.Since it's the season to be jolly, you might as well celebrate with one and all, even if it does mean a few surprise guests come knocking, because there is always enough Christmas cheer for everyone to share!So have fun learning as you celebrate Christmas this year, because learning is a gift all by itself; and if you don't have fun learning, you won't love to learn. And for even more learning fun watch the music video that goes with this bookon the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel.

There is one thing that is bigger than anything else in the entire world. Can you guess what that thing is. Hint: You can't see it or touch it, but it is bigger than an elephant and wider than the sea.Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this 'learn to read' book will make a kid think; and it will open up lines of communication and get a kid talking, all while practicing reading skills through word recognition, word repetition and rhyme.Penelope Dyan believes that learning is about more than memorizing facts and words, and that learning effectively means learning to think; and this is why Penelope Dyan writes and illustrates these 'learn to read' books just for kids! When you are all done reading this book, try making a book of your own! Then go to Bellisssimavideo's YouTube Channel and watch the music video that goes with this book for even more learning fun! And remember . . . if learning isn't fun, a kid won't love to learn! So have fun learning.

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.

It's always fun for kids when it happens to snow, especially if you happen to live where it simply does not snow, just like our author and photographer do. In that case, sometimes you have to travel to see the snow, even while some people (perhaps even your relatives) are shoveling out from under the snow while snowplows clear the streets so people can get to work. On the other hand, there are many advantages to being in the snow, like being able to make snow angels and snowmen. And you can even have a friendly snowball fight with your best friend! But even if you can't find any snow when you come to beautiful Grass Valley, there is plenty here for a kid to do and see! And besides, you might not even be going during that time of year! Use this fun, 'learn to read' book to see what you can see when you come to town. Grass Valley was a part of the gold rush, and is the home of the Empire and North Star Mines that date way back to the historical gold rush days! You can even take tours of the mines and learn their histories! And everyone will love the historic buildings of downtown Grass Valley! Finally, don't forget to watch the free music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel that goes with this book!

Saying something nice is a very important thing to do; and if you can't say something nice, then you shouldn't say anything at all! You might think it is okay to say everything that comes into your head; but while communication is good, if the thing that comes into your head is not something that is kind and good and nice, then you should just keep it to yourself. Written and illustrated by Penelope Dyan, an award winning author, attorney and former teacher, this 'learn to read' book is just the right size for kid-sized backpacks and little hands; and the extra-large print is easy on a kid's eyes! The concept is serious, but the words and drawings are fun; and this book is filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, with a teacher emphasis on the Dolch primary reading word list to make the 'learn to read' process an easy one!When you are finished reading this book, then you can look for the fun, free music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel that goes along with this book for even more learning fun; because if you don't have fun learning, you won't love to learn!