It is always fun to go to the beach, and it's no different in Germany. Take a walk with Photographer John D. Weigand and award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan through the quaint streets of Warnemunde, Germany. In Spring it is still cool, but you can go to the beach, play, shop, eat lots of sweet treats and see so many things. You will walk on cobblestone streets, an see flowers and birds and many other interesting things. Visit an historic lighthouse and learn all about the history of this wonderful place. You can take a train to Berlin from this city, or you can...

For a wonderful day, there is nothing better than visiting Monet's home and garden at Giverny, France. See the gardens Monet sculpted so he could paint impressionist pictures of his beautiful garden, and imagine and try to see what he saw as he painted. Use this book as an introduction and a guide and fill it with your very own pictures, and postcards and notes. And do not forget your camera when you go to Giverny, France. When you look at this book, you can also use it to improve your reading skills, because this is another reason these Penelope Dyan/John D. Weigand books were created. It is...

Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. But this is not what is fascinating about this place. Kids and adults alike will marvel at what they see when they approach Dubrovnik, because what you see and what you find (kid's are very keen on exploring and finding things) is a walled city, a real bridge that goes over a moat and a drawbridge And there is much, much more Photographer John D. Weigand and...

We are the future and at the same time we must look to the past as a guide for the future. Use this book to take one small look at the past as photographer John D, Weigand, and award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan show you some of the things they saw when they went to Olympia Greece to the site of the very first Olympiad Use your imagination and see if you can see where all the buildings and pillars once stood. Imagine the excitement of those very first games and all the people who came from far and wide to participate in them. Once good thing is there are signs...

Edinburgh in Scotland is a delightful place where lightness and darkness combine and fuel the imagination. There is a castle standing on an ominous hill and a spire that reminds us of wizards and all sorts of possibly scary things. This is where Photographer John D. Weigand and attorney, award winning author, and former educator, Penelope Dyan, whisk you away with thoughts of time past. As usual, Weigand and Dyan are not about a bunch of facts, but rather they are about exploring thoughts, and growing through discovery. They capture what a child will see, and encourage children to add to...

Bern is the seat of Switzerland's government, the capitol. The Houses of Parliament rise above the city just a stone's throw away from the railway station. The doors to the Houses of the Parliament are open to visitors almost all of the time, if this is what you want to see, but Penelope Dyan and John Weigand didn't go there, instead opting to walk on foot through this city to see what they could see through the lens of Photographer John D. Weigand. Dyan believes children see through different eyes, and that what will capture their imaginations is very different from that which captures the...

The area of Stonehenge was long used by the ancients as a burial ground, and you can see the burial mounds today where the ancient people cremated and buried their dead. It is long believed that the Druids constructed Stonnehenge as a place of worship, and Stonhenge is considered to be a great architectural feat. You can walk in a circle around Stonehenge and see it from many perspectives, set in its natural setting with sheep and cattle grazing nearby. When Stonehenge was built is also up for debate. Some say it was built as early as 3000 BC, others speculate it was constructed about 2400...