To help aid children in their development of the basic skills necessary to read, I have joined the use of Rhyme with bright, vivid color photographs of amazing exotic animals. This approach makes use of fun rhymes and amazing pictures, that will help to "train and entertain" at the same time. In "Love...a Dove," I photographed 20 beautiful animals from the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, and matched their names to "loving" sentimental rhyme, to express to children the fun of reading, and the importance of loving all animals. Using my son, Alex (my world's harshest critic) as my muse and...