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Penelope Dyan
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…
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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…
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…
Bullying isn’t good or fun, not for the person doing the bullying or for the person on the receiving end of the bullying. Both sides of this issue are explored…
Sometimes people don’t like you for no reason at all. It isn’t your fault, and you have done nothing wrong; but it still doesn’t feel good. This is yet another…
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…
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…
You may have heard of puppy love, but this is something entirely different; because this is a book about bunny love. Bunny love is something very special that doesn’t have…
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…
