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Penelope Dyan
You don’t have to wait for Thanksgiving day to say thank-you, because saying thank-you should be an everyday thing! And you should never think it is silly to say thank-you…
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Have you ever dreamed of running with a wild mustang? Or have you ever dreamed of having and of owning a horse? Maybe you even have a horse of your…
Do you like to go outside and play in the mud? Do you enjoy running in the rain and letting your imagination run wild with you? And how do you…
Little Baylee wants a giraffe (or maybe she wants two giraffes or three or four) and her mother brings her a very small kitten, It isn’t that Bailey doesn’t like…
Sometimes touching is bad and sometimes touching is good; and the difference is really quite simple, especially when explained by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan in…
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…
This is a book about good old fashioned values, or at least it is meant to open the discussion about what good old fashioned values are. And if we are…
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…
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…
Everything changes all the time, and change can be a very good thing. Some things change because they have to change, and some changes we make all by ourselves. This…
Everyone loves ‘Good Luck Chuck, ’ but it has nothing to do with his luck. Read this book by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and…
Read all about a girl named Dot. Maybe you know someone just like her, and maybe you would like to be just like Dot. Our author, Penelope Dyan does! Why/…
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…
Kids always have questions, and sometimes those questions may seem a little silly; but the important thing you want to remember is that the only foolish question is the question…
If you were a mouse, what would you do? What adventures would lie ahead? Use your imagination to follow along with one little mouse as he makes his merry way…
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…
It is time to move over Mr. Santa Claus, because the Christmas Flamingo is coming to town! No more reindeer’s paws and sleighs, because this Christmas Flamingo works all on…
This book started out as a day of the week book, but then it ended up just being a book about Monday. Now some people think Sunday is the first…
There is an old saying, or maybe it isn’t so old, that says, There is nothing like a warm puppy, or a kitty, whichever you may prefer. Penelope Dyan took…
There really is nothing quite like a song, unless you are curling up with a good book, or maybe watching a sunset. Music is one of the joys of life…
Sometimes when you play music or sing, a puppy will sing along. No one knows exactly why they do this. They just do! The best thing you can do about…
Have you ever gone frog kissin’? Of course, we are not really talking about actual frogs, or are we? The thing about frogs is you never know when a frog…
The idea of truth and of telling the truth is a very big and very important idea, but even more perplexing is why people lie to themselves and others about…
Being mean means that you are offensive, selfish, as well as accommodating, nasty or malicious. A mean person is often small-minded or ignoble, contemptible and despicable. If you do not…
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…
This is another book all about choices, and of course it is also about pudding, sort of; because this book is about truth, and the truth is always in the…
Sometimes people don’t like you, and no matter how hard you try there isn’t one single thing you can do about it. This might make you sad. Everyone likes to…
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, To have a good friend is one of the greatest delights of life. And so it follows that while a friend may walk away from…
We are all governed by our autonomic nervous system, and neuroscience tells us our bodies sometimes just react to situations with which we are faced. When we are faced with…
You should never be afraid to say you are sorry if you have done something or said something that has hurt someone else. Maybe you didn’t realize what you said…
There are three things you should always remember and those three things are are: 1) Do not harm another person; 2) Do not harm another person’s property; and 3) Do…
You should never say anything bad about another person, and you should never carry tales, repeat things you overhear or spread rumors about what you think you might have seen…
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…
Is life a masquerade? And after all is said and done, is it okay to sometimes keep some things to yourself about how you may be feeling? What makes good…
This ‘learn to read’ book by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan is a faith-based book that tells the biblical tale of Noah in a way even…
There is something you need to say. Can you guess what that something is? Here is a hint. It is only three little words, and everyone needs to hear these…
This is a typical ‘learn to read’ Penelope Dyan book all about shoes that you can read to practice your reading skills as you discuss a very important subject, filling…
Hearts are broken all the time. Maybe your best friend gets mad at you, and then your heart is broken. What do you do when you get a broken heart…
This is a book for kids that is meant to teach a very important lesson, for Jesus said … Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not…
There is one very important person in your life who you should never forget. That one person is your very own dear sweet father. You become the person you are…
Whether you have a big brother or a little brother, brothers are lots of fun; and that is exactly why Penelope Dyan wrote this book to remind those of us…
Sometimes people start fighting, and then the fighting gets bigger and bigger! Before you realize it, there is a great big war going on right before your eyes! What do…
We all need to have giving hearts, but few of us really know or understand what a giving heart truly is. Read this ‘learn to read’ book based on and…
The best is always yet to come. And do you know why this is true? See if you can figure it out before you come to the very end of…
We all need to follow our own dreams, but sometimes we let things get in the way. We seem to get distracted by what others may say to discourage us…
Have you ever tasted rhubarb soup? If you have, then it probably didn’t taste anything at all like the rhubarb soup our two heroines, Debbie and Cindy made. And why…
Sometimes a kid gets down on himself or herself, because that kid thinks he or she needs to be just like everyone else, and all they want to be is…
Words have different meanings at different times, and what a word means is relative to the context of whatever is being communicated. The main thing to remember about words is…
