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The mountain village of Zermatt, Switzerland is nestled in a valley between steep mountains, and it is dominated by the Matterhorn. When you exit your Swiss-red train, and see the cobblestone streets and horses and carriages, you immediately will notice are no cars. The air is clean and fresh, and the people want to keep it that way! The main street bustles with people shopping, dining and having a good time, and there are no tour busses anywhere. In short, everything is cute and fun, and you immediately know where Walt Disney got many of his ideas for Disneyland, as you can see the Matterhorn from nearly every prospective in the Zermatt village. And this is exactly why photographer John D. Weigand and author and poet Penelope Dyan wentthere, to capture some of the magic of Zermatt. It seemed like the perfect spot for kids, nestled in the serenity of the Swiss Alps. . . just waiting to be ogled and explored.The Zermatt nights were even more beautiful than the day as the Weigand photographs portray, but most amazing of all was the Matterhorn, shining white against the sky by day, and full of amazing color by night.

Milan, Italy was founded under the name of Mediolanum by the Insubres, a Celtic people. It was captured by Romans in 222 BC. After that Milan was ruled by the Visconti, the Sforza, the Spanish and the Austrians. In 1796, Milan was conquered by Napoleon I, and in 1805 he made it the capital of his Kingdom of Italy. During World War II, the city was bombarded by Allied bombs, and after the German occupation in 1943, Milan became the main hub of the Italian resistance. There are many fun things for kids to do and see when they visit Milan. Kids can see the one and only Leonardo da Vinci painting of "The Last Supper," shop at the very famous Galleria Emanuele II, also known as il salotto di Milano, visit the Duomo di Milano, Castello Sforzesco and more. It seems you can't be bored when you are in Milan, and Moms and daughters will love Milan because it is a fashion capital.Take another journey with photographer John D. Weigand and award winning author and poet Penelope Dyan and explore the fun and the magic of beautiful Milan!Children need to experience beauty to grow, and to Italians all beauty is art. One might say Milan is truly the original melting pot, and one might also say the melting pot has created one of the most beautiful cities in the world where you can hop aboard a trolly, a bus or the metro and see living and past history in all its intensity and majesty.

Rome! Magnificent Rome! From the lights of Rome at night to its busy days, there is excitement and magic in the air! There is truly no place quite like Rome. So take a walk through history as you and your child uncover the old Rome and marvel at the splendor of today's Rome. Tour the Colosseum and hear the tales of the games played there. Imagine you are a citizen of old Rome and see how exciting and modern these old Romans really were!Enjoy the photography of John D. Weigand and the poetry of Penelope Dyan as you trace their footsteps through time and marvel at all the glory of the Vatican. Climb the Spanish steps and toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain and make a wish.And remember as you smile and laugh with your child as they are introduced to Rome, that there is truly no place like home, unless you're in Rome; and add this book to your Bellissima travel books for kids that look simply great on your coffee table!

Once upon a time, the moon had a dream that it could catch the sun. And finally, the moon's dream came true! However, it appeared this wasn't the first time, or even the only time, this had happened; and it appeared that the moon had been playing this game with the sun since the beginning of time!And with any luck, it would keep playing this game until time's end.Use this book to discuss the solar eclipse and what it means. And while you are at it, you can practice your reading skills with this 'learn to read' book filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme. Written by award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this book with its extra-large print is perfect for young eyes. And its size is perfect for carrying in a kid's backpack! So enjoy this book as you think about the miracle of our sun, earth and sky; and then think about the wonder of people long ago who experienced the same miracle dancing before their eyes.Then when you are all through having fun reading this book, watch the free music video that goes along with this book on Bellissiavideo's YouTube channel.

Messina, is the capital of Sicily. Founded by the Greeks, it has a long history of having to rebuild itself, giving a strength to its inhabitants, who do not readily give in to any adversity as a people. In 1783, an earthquake destroyed much of the city. It took decades to rebuild. Another earthquake damaged the city on November 16, 1894, and Messina was almost entirely destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami. December 28, 1908, that killed approximately 60,000 people and destroyed most of its ancient architecture. The city was rebuilt in the following year. Then there was further damage from massive Allied air bombardments in 1943, during World War II. But this book is not about that, this book is about how all these things impacted and shaped the minds and souls of the people of Messina, Sicily; and this is the real story behind the story.Practice reading skills through word recognition, and through word repetition and rhyme, and think about Messinäs people. Try to imagine the place of antiquity founded by the Greeks and then see more of this place as you watch the free music video that goes with this book, posted on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel.

You can do anything if you put your mind to it; and if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, the Bible says you can even move a mountain! This book is about mountains and choices you make, because the truth is when you encounter a mountain, there are lots of things you could do. This book will help you think about those things as you practice your reading skills through the use of word recognition, and word repetition and rhyme!Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this 'learn to read' book is meant to be fun, because learning should always be fun; and for a kid, having fun is an important part of growing up to be the person you will be someday. And this brings us right back to that mountain. You see, sometimes a mountain just needs to be moved; and since life is about choices, whether you move a mountain is always up to you, When you are finished reading this book, you can watch the free music video that goes with this book on the YouTube Bellissimavideo channel for more learning fun.

Sometimes a person needs to go right back to the beginning; and that's what photographer John D. Weigand did when he visited Aarhus, Denmark, the birthplace of his grandfather, the inventor, Julius Petersen, who knew Thomas Edison and Orville and Wilber Wright, and who left Denmark as a young man to seek his fortune in the world!There are lots of fun things to do and see when you go to Aarhus, Denmark; and there is even a place they call the 'old town' (Den Gamle By) where you can have some old-fashioned fun and see exactly how things used to be.Take a trip with award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and photographer John D. Weigand, as you practice your reading skills though word recognition, word repetition and rhyme in this 'learn to read' book, and imagine taking a trip back into time. Then watch the music video that goes along with the book that you can find on the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel, and have some more learning fun!; because learning should always be fun!

Sometimes when you think something is lost (like your cat) it isn't really lost at all! You might say that (in that case) something never really lost is found. Since finding good things is also generally a very good thing, you will smile when you find out where our young protagonist thought her Lucy might be, and where she also found her sweet Lucy.This is another Penelope Dyan learn to read book. Use this book to practice your reading skills through the use of word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. Enjoy the kid-friendly drawings of Penelope Dyan and try using the some of the words you have learned to make a book of your very own.Penelope Dyan is an award winning author, an attorney and a former early childhood educator, who has used everything in these learn to read books (that she has created) in tried and true classroom situations. Finally, there is a fun music video on the Bellissimavideo You Tube channel that goes with this book to further enhance your learning fun!

The Island of Hawaii is still growing, and although it is known as the youngest of all the Hawaiian Islands, there is a lot to see and do! The Island of Hawaii s is the home of one of the world's most active volcanoes (Kilauea), the tallest sea mountain in the world at more than 33,000 feet (Maunakea), the most massive mountain in the world (Maunaloa) and the largest park in the state (Hawaii Volcanoes National Park). This book looks at one small part of this island, Kona, Hawaii. Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan. this is a book for kids intended to help them to not only see a part of the world, but to also help them practice some basic reading skills, through word repetition, word recognition, and simple rhyme. Two of Penelope Dyan's books are in the Saison Poetry Library at Southbank Centre, London, UK, chosen by the UK Art Council, proving a book by this author is always special. Learning should be fun, and if kids have fun learning, then they will love to learn. Dyan believes travel is about the senses, about seeing with the eyes and feeling with the heart; and there is no better place to experience this than in Kona, Hawaii! Look for the music video that complements this book on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel to further enhance the learning process.

Everyone has birthdays. The question in this book is not what do you want for your birthday, but rather, what do you already have? And what do you not have? Use this book as a learning tool to practice reading skills through word recognition and rhyme, and add new words to your reading vocabulary as you have fun with the very simpe kid-friendly illustrations by Penelope Dyan. Penelope Dyan is an award winning author, an attorney, and a former teacher who uses tried and true teaching methods that are simple to use in all of her early reader books for kids. Dyan believes learning should be fun, and more than that, she believes all books should have a real purpose, one that encourages discussion and thought in even the very youngest reader.There is also a music video to go along with this book, that has the same name as this book (to make it easy to find) on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel. So dance and sing and have fun, because learning (like life) should always be fun, especially when you are five!

Everybody gets sick sometime or another, and sometimes kids pretend they are sick so they don't have to go to school. Find out why the child in this story doesn't want to go to school and what happens when her mother takes her to school even though she doesn't want to go there.Say hello to some fun cartoon characters and look for the fun music video that goes along with this book on the YouTube Bellissimavideo channel. Practice reading skills through word recognition techniques and rhyme, and try your own hand at drawing and writing your very own book! This is exactly how the award winning author attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan got started writing her books, and you can do it too! When you're a kid, everything and anything is possible! Dyan believes learning should be fun, and that kids should love to learn and her books use her very own tried and true classroom techniques to teach, and she brings her tricks of the trade to her young readers in again in this book!

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!

Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Tourism focuses on the three rivers, St. Stephen's Cahedral and the "Old City." The organ at St. Stephen's was long held to be the largest church pipe organ in the world, now second in size only to the organ at First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California. Take walk though the town of Passau and look through the camera lens of John D. Weigand to see some of the things he and award winning author, attorney, and former teacher, Penelope Dyan saw as they visited this beautiful, historical little city that looks like it was plucked right out of the past! Remember this is a picture book for kids that will look great on your coffee table. You will see in its pages only the things a child would notice and see, because Dyan and Weigand see though the eyes of a child. Then look for the video on the Bellissimavideo Channel that goes along with this book to further enhance the learning experience. Dyan and Weigand are all about the fun of learning, so expect no stodgy facts here, only fun, please!

The name "Budapest" came from combining the names of two cities, "Buda" and "Pest." Originally, there were two separate cities. Today they are connected by eight bridges crossing the Danube. The two cities became one city, a single city, in 1873. According to chronicles of the Middle Ages the name "Buda" came from its founder, Bleda (or Buda) the brother of Attila the Hun. There are several theories about the origin of the name "Pest." One of these theories believes the word "Pest," came from the Roman times, since there was a fortress "Contra-Aquincum" in this region called "Pession." Others think the name "Pest" came from the Slavic word for cave "??????, peshtera," or from the word for oven "???, pesht."Budapest began as a Celtic settlement that became the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia. Hungarians arrived in the 9th century. Their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241-42.The re-established town became one of the centers of Renaissance humanist culture in the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács and after nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule, the region entered an age of prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries. Budapest became a global city after its 1837 unification. It also became the second capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in 1918, after World War I. Since that time, there was revolution and more war. Budapest was a part of the USSR until its break-up and the fall of the Berlin Wall. This book contains a smattering of what you can see and do in Budapest, but not everything. Photographer John D. Weigand and award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, traveled there in winter, just before the snow; and were so entranced, they vowed someday to return in the summer and spring. The city of Budapest is considered one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and there is plenty for a kid to do and see! Dyan and Weigand look at a place through the eyes of a young child to give them a glimpse of what they might see and to let them know, sometimes the world is not such a big place, after all!

Have you ever wondered what happened to all the stars you used to see in the sky? Our protagonist did and she went on her very own quest and asked everyone she knew where they thought the stars had gone, until she finally found her answer, and what a big surprise when the answer came with a very simple solution. Stars are very important to us as well as to nature. Read this book to find out why.Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this book once again can be used as a teaching tool to open a scientific discussion as well as to teach some important learning skills. Repetition and rhyme are the tools used to make learning fun. See if you can guess what words are coming next. When you are finished reading the book see if you can write your own story and make your own book about the stars. Penelope Dyan promises it will be fun. Then look up into the night sky and see what you can see up there! And there is also a video that goes with this book on YouTube on the Bellissimavideo channel where you can hear Penelope Dyan sing! Use the video to enhance the learning experience and to make learning new things even more fun. But don't stop there. Learn all you can about galaxies and stars and the far off places in the recesses of your imagination.

Sometimes you have something so dear to your heart that you know that even when you are old, you will never really leave it behind you. This is how it is with our young hero's teddy bear. Do you have something special that you love with all your heart? If you do, then that is a good thing, because love is always a very good thing. Hold it dear. Hold it close.Enjoy the story and illustrations by Penelope Dyan and try to make a book of your own about your favorite things or things. What or who is in your heart about whom you can write a story and make a book?Written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, for her very own brother, John; this book is meant to teach children not only how to read as it develops reading skills through repetition and rhyme, but also to remind us about other things in life, things for which we have special feelings, and to tell children that all of these feelings are okay, because feelings of all sorts are okay; and love is the very best feeling of all.

Fleas are everywhere, on dogs, on people, on cats and on all sorts of animals; but have you ever found a flea in your tea? Do you even drink tea? This is a very funny story about the journey of a flea as observed or maybe thought of by one little girl. Can you guess where the flea might be going? Do you think this little girl was right about where this flea had been and where it was going? Use this book to make up your own story about a flea, or continue this story and you can decide for yourself what happens next! Think about the deeper metaphor of the flea; and ask if you have any fleas, and whether it is true that even fleas have fleas,and if those fleas have fleas, and so on and so forth ad infinitum. Use this book as a learning resource where you can practice and earn new reading skills through both repetition, rhyme and word recognition, There is also a video by the same name on YouTube on the Bellissimavideo channel that you can use to enhance this learning experience. Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, this book is sure to make you smile. Bellissima has a series of books and videos just like this one, all by Penelope Dyan, that can take you on a journey through books and music that will be certain to make you smile.

Practice your reading skills and your counting skills at the same time and have some fun while you are doing it! Have you ever counted flies? Well, if not then this is your opportunity to count some very funny flies with big green eyes. Everything in nature has its purpose, and award winning author, attorney and former teacher is using her flies in very funny way. See if you can guess what comes next in the rhyme and build your reading vocabulary by guessing what words come next in the rhyme, and by noticing as certain words repeat themselves, because repetition of things is another good way to learn.Look for the song and video that goes with this book on YouTube on the Bellissima video channel, Bellissimavideo, just to have a little more fun. Count and read numbers and numerals as you hunt for them on these pages. See all the wonderful kids' books written by Penelope Dyan that can teach you things and help you learn all while having fun. Dyan was widely published before coming to Bellissima in such children's publications as 'Humpty Dumpty Magazine' and 'The Kindergartner, as well as in 'Instructor Magazine,' the magazine that teachers teachers how to teach. All this proves once again, that you can't go wrong with a book for kids that is published by Bellissima!

Around every corner there is something to see wherever you go in this world. And around every corner is another corner.Award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan and John D. Weigand, photographer extraordinaire, have written another travel book with a big purpose. Dyan knows what kids like to see, but sometimes they need a little help when it comes to seeing all the art surrounding them. And in this case we are exploring corners and around corners and we are encouraging kids to explore around corners as well, and especially the corners of their minds. Malaga, Spain is the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, and it is fitting that his birthplace should inspire you to learn, paint, write and draw, especially if you explore all around all its corners. If that doesn't make any sense to you, then you are probably too old for this book. Pablo Picasso once said, "There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun." We are not here to paint a yellow spot, and no child should paint a yellow spot. A child can paint the sun! When children travel they see with the eyes of a child. It is all about signs, things alike and things different, about animals in the clouds, and dandelions they can blow and watch as seeds float in the wind; and this should be encouraged, not discouraged.

Sometimes people don't like you just because you are you, and there isn't really anything you can do about it, except to just keep being the great person you are. This book was written to remind everyone who has ever been bullied, made fun of or treated in a mean way (and that just about includes everyone) that this too will pass, and that all you ever need is one true friend. This friend can be anyone. It can be your mother, your father, your grandmother, your sister, your aunt or your uncle or brother. The point is to remember you are never alone, and how you are being treated today may be entirely different from how you are treated when you grow up, because each of you have greatness inside of you.Find out who our protagonist's best friend is and why others made fun of her. It is all rather silly. What you need to to is remember there is nothing wrong with you. There actually something wrong with those who persecute you, just as there is/was something wrong with those Penelope Dyan simply calls "the distractors" in this book. Use this book as a starting point to open a conversation about bullying, what it means and why it is wrong; and explore in conversation why those who do this are merely distractors!

Willemstad, capital city of Curacao, sits an sunny island in the southern Caribbean Sea. Its stylistic Dutch touch comes from being one of the ABC islands, a part of Netherlands Antilles. This UNESCO World Heritage City is a fun place to visit. Its brightly painted Dutch colonial houses, waterfront, and the pontoon bridge over St. Anna Bay, and RIF fort, all contribute to the scene. There are places you can shop; and the moving pontoon bridge is an adventure all of its own, if it just happens to move just as you happen to step off of it, or while you are crossing it!Use this fun, 'learn to read' book filled with word repetition, word recognition and rhyme to practice reading skills and to get a kid's eye view of what a kid will see when they visit the city of Curacao! Then get ready for some 'Caribbean-Dutch' fun! And, of course, because this is an Island, there are lots of great beaches, not to mention the warm Caribbean sun!For even more learning fun, go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube Channel, and watch the free music video that goes with this book! And remember to have fun learning! Because if a kid doesn't have fun learning, a kid won't love to learn!

The Isle of Wight is an island in the English Channel, that sits about two miles off the coast of Hampshire; and you can get there by taking a ferry from Portsmouth, which is another fun place to visit. Wight has been home to poets Swinburne and Tennyson, and Queen Victoria built her summer residence and final home on the Isle of Wight. The island practices wildlife conservation and has some fun attractions for kids that support this practice. It also has some of the richest quarries in all of Europe for hunting dinosaur fossils. There is a train you can take through tunnels to get from here to there, and you can hop off the train and and walk along the streets of Wight whenever you like! Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, with photographs by John D. Weigand, you can use this 'learn to read' book to see just a bit of the Isle of Wight and practice your reading skills through word repetition, word repetition and rhyme. When you are done reading, watch the free music video that goes with this book on Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel. The Isle of Wight is a must see, must visit place that's only "A Ferry Away!"