Bücher von Penelope Dyan

Having good manners is a very good thing, and having excellent manners is even better. Use these funny little poems to help you remember to always use your very best manners.The main thing to remember about good manners is that you should never do anything to hurt yourself or others or to hurt the property of another; and if you do that, then the rest is simply window dressing.All that aside, it is time to bring civility back into our lives, and this begins with the children. Penelope Dyan gently reminds us with her fun drawings and poetry that there are some things we should not forget, even if they seem like pomp and circumstance. And if you can remember the little things, then the big things simply fall into place. Besides, good manners are fun, and your good manners make others feel good.Knowing how to set a table is not a necessity, but knowing which fork to use is a sign of good breeding; and there is a simple trick anyone can use to do that! So why not have excellent manners? And then everyone will just feel absolutely excellent!Penelope Dyan is the award winning writer, author of ¿Surfer Girl,¿ best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book festival, recognized by Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University Florida, and number five in the top ten Australian Pukeke Top ten list for early teens. Penelope Dyan's "A Book For Girls About Being A Girl," is also rated number 3 in the top 10 Pukeke poetry books list for ages 5-9, proving again that you can't go wrong with a Bellissima book!

Seventeen year old Summer is off to the 10K Olympic Trials! She's very excited that she even qualified! She thought the trials were going to be based on pool times alone, and then (much to her surprise) she ended up qualifying for the Grand Prix 10K (the qualifier for the trials) at the 5 mile double Waikiki swim, and when she swam Grand Prix she qualified for the trials! But all was not fun and games for Summer. She had problems with one of her college professors, and her coach and the college she was going to was way too controlling. Summer was a free spirit and the school her pool coach had helped her get into was just not working out for her. Summer has another adventure in Florida when she goes to the trials. This time the adventure involves a boy and an alligator, and Summer becomes a Floridian hero! (Or shall we say Floridian heroine?)Summer comes home only to be faced with more things that she doesn't need in her life right now, but Phillip is there; and she does her best with the cards that have been dealt her. This is the eighth book in the Surfer Girl Book Series by Penelope Dyan, and Summer continues to fulfill her legacy as she pursues her dreams. Summer is (and remains) an ordinary girl with an extraordinary life!Penelope Dyan's 'Surfer Girl,' the first book in this series, was the winner of the best teen book at the 2008 New York Book Festival and was also the winner of the best teen book at the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. 'Surfer Girl' is recognized by the Girls Voices In Literature Database, Miami University Florida. The cover illustration on 'Summer Surfs The Olympic Trials' is the creation of teen artist, Courtney Quinn.

This is a very special book written just for boys. It's funny and real, and will make you boys want to read poetry. Yes! Poetry! Tested on boys nine to eleven years of age who found this book nothing less than hilarious after being literally dragged to the book believing they would never like it because it was, after all, Poetry. And poetry is for Girls, right? Wrong! There is so much out there for girls that sometimes boys just don't think that it's fair, and it's not! So step right up boys of all ages! Here is a book just for you! And----There are no girls allowed! So read and burp and be smelly because that is just who you are! Written by a former educator published in educational periodicals and journals that teach teachers how to teach!"For Boys Only"® is a US registered trademark of Bellissima Publishing, LLC.

Who deserves a giant chocolate chip cookie? We all do! Because there is a king or a princess or a queen in all of us who simply deserves a giant chocolate chip cookie. However, if you don't like chocolate chip cookies, this does not mean you aren't a king or a princess or a queen, because we all have our choices to make about what we like best; and sometimes we just want cake.Chocolate chip cookies are fun to eat, especially giant chocolate chip cookies.Read the poetry and enjoy the funny illustrations of Penelope Dyan as your child practices the beginning of the fundamentals of counting, and use this book as a starting block to talk to your child about having good manners;because when they get that giant chocolate chip cookie, they should also say, "Thank-you." Penelope Dyan, author of 'Surfer Girl,' best teen book at the 2008 New York Book Festival and best teen book at the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival, a former teacher and attorney, really understands kids. She brings all her knowledge and love of children with her as she writes her books, and like all Bellissima Books, her books have a lesson and a purpose.When you read this book, you will find out how a king, a princess and a queen eat their cake and have their cookies too! And remember, we all deserve to eat a giant chocolate chip cookie once in awhile, but sometimes we just eat cake.