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Penelope Dyan
Travel with the opium swift boats down the River of Pearl. Follow the history of the Chinese Celestial Empire in all its glory, sadness and despair through the lives of…
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Summer wants to figure out what the legacy of her life will be. Summer’s mother is a writer and is leaving behind her writing for Summer. In this book, meet…
Take a look behind the doors of the law and discover truth, this book takes you on a journey through the process of the law, and although we have the…
A story of a skinny Italian boy from an immigrant Sicilian family, who goes to war to fight for his country, and ends up playing the taps on Mount Suribachi…
Taking you back in time to WWII, this is a fictional story where you not only fall in love with ‘Sweet Lorraine , but you also hear the sounds and…
Summer wants to figure out what the legacy of her life will be. Her mother is a writer and is leaving behind her writing for her, because this is her…
In this sequel to Surfer Girl, the story of Summer continues with a new plan and a brand new adventure. Summer’s ordinary life turns extraordinary as she travels and swims…
Step into this wonderful world of fantasy as Harry, Warrior Mouse of Forest Hollow, Prince of All Field Mice, wins the hand of the beautiful fairy princess.
In the third book in the Surfer Girl series, the gang joins Summer to save the ocean and its creatures once again! Summer is still an ordinary girl with a…
This delightful little book of poems will capture the hearts and minds of children as well as adults. Readers will take a trip back into childhood and glimpse its confident…
Summer is off again, traveling and competing in open water swim competitions and surfing whenever she can. A great white has been sited at the pier, and this affects Summer’s…
Follow Mary through her life in her search for love, and find out how illness–breast cancer, in this case–can sometimes be a blessing as it draws people to one another.
Summer’s adventures continue in book five of the Surfer Girl series. In this volume, Summer and Phillip have come to an understanding about things, and she is off to the…
Bellissima Publishing, LLC is all about dreams and wishes making them come true. And Penelope Dyan wants everyone to know that dreams and wishes are important and this is why…
Everyone has a special light inside of them, and you have a special light inside of you as well. Please do not let anyone convince you otherwise. go outside and…
If it is true that the heart that truly loves never forgets, what we need to concentrate on in our lives is love and nothing more than love. Everything else…
Sometimes you can look all over the house and not find what you need. Sometimes you misplace something because you forgot where you left it or last put it. When…
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…
A lot of people have a lot of things to say about destiny. Have you every thought about destiny? Do you even know what it is? This is your chance…
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 little girl searches for Molly, her runaway moose.
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…
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 I was a little girl, I loved the story of the red shoes, the story about he little girl who so wanted to wear the shiny red shoes, that…
Sometimes maybe you don’t like someone and there is really no good reason why. It may be that you covet something they have or are and wish you could have…
Birthdays are a lot of fun, especially when it is your birthday, and especially when you are going to be four years old! Any four year old will clearly tell…
This is a funny little story told in rhyme about a boy who says there is a skunk in his trunk and that the skunk also did some pretty bad…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Do you need to go and look for love, or does love find you every single day? Find out where our heroine looked for love, and laugh at all the…
This is a book about kindness in contrast to meaness. It is also an early reader with an early reader vocabulary and uses repetition and rhyme to reinforce vocabulary reading…
For Mom, a new purse is always a very big treat. Why? Because everyone knows that mothers seem to have very little time to actually shop for themselves. However, this…
Award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, broaches a very big subject about getting along with one another; and with that subject comes one very big word, and…
Do you walk on the sunny side of life? Because award winning author, attorney and former teacher certainly hopes you do! Where is the sunny side of the street? Is…
There is one important word to which we should ALL pay careful attention, and that word is RESPECT! Use this book to practice reading skills and increase your reading vocabulary…
It is true that if you snooze you WILL lose. Award winning author, attorney and former teacher Penelope Dyan uses her tried and true teaching methods of rhyme, repetition and…
This is a book about teeth, about eating right, about keeping your glorious smile, and about eating healthy and exercising. And it is all done and the story is told…
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…
Have you ever found a flamingo in your tub? What would you do if you happened to find a flamingo or other creature in your tub one day just as…
A home is more than a house, and everyone knows home is where your heart is. Use this book to discuss the concepts of home and love as you learn…
