You can travel over rail trestles, and go through a very beautiful redwood forest over narrow-gauge railroad tracks to a place called Bear Mountain (and back) with the Roaring Camp railroad, as the conductor narrates the way and tells you how in the 1880s narrow-gauge steam locomotives were used to haul giant redwood logs out of the mountains. Now things are quite different as just a few people had the foresight to save these redwoods for all of the future generations, so we could truly see the forest through the trees And this is why the redwood forest in Felton, in the mountains above...

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 to be reserved just for Easter. It is the kind of love we can enjoy on Valentine's Day, Christmas, or on any plain old Saturday, Sunday or weekday Read this book by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and practice your reading skills as you find out something about home. And if that doesn't make any sense to you, then that is the very reason YOU should be reading this book There is a...

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 feel about umbrellas? Perhaps you would rather just get wet. Ask yourself these questions and others as you read this book filled with kid friendly drawings and as you increase your reading vocabulary by practicing your reading skills through the process of word recognition, repetition, and rhyme. Elementary school reading primers are great, but sometimes it is just fun to have something you can read that isn't a part of what you happen to do in...

Nuremberg, Germany is the second largest city in the State of Bavaria. Nuremberg tries hard to shake off its Nazi Past and the formerly well-publicized Nuremberg Trials. past. And they have a magnificent Christmas Market that has been known to bring thousands of tourists. However, the best thing about seeing Nuremberg today is the medieval past clearly visible nearly everywhere You can walk over a bridge through an archway to a medieval shopping area, and see all sorts of fun things in this city just by taking a walk and taking a good look around, and this is exactly what kids like to do ...

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 the kitten, it is just that Bailey has always wanted a giraffe, because giraffes make Baylee laugh. Find out why Baylee simply can't have a giraffe. (Perhaps you know the answer to THAT question already ) Also discover how Baylee's mother comes up with a good solution to this somewhat perplexing problem, and what that solution is. Have fun again practicing your reading skills and enjoy the Dyan kid friendly drawings as you practice...

Munich is the capital and the largest city of the German state of Bavaria and is located on the River Isar, north of the Bavarian Alps. It is the third largest city in Germany, right behind the cities of Berlin and Hamburg. And while all of this may be very interesting to an adult, tell this to a child and that child will yawn and think, "Boy, is that boring " There are no such boring facts in this book written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan and complemented with the photographs of John D. Weigand, former television director of engineering. This book...

San Diego, California is known for its sun, and the rain never stays here very long. There are lots of things to do and see when you are in San Diego, and sometimes the simpler things turn out to be the best things of all. These are the things photographer John D. Weigand and award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan want to share with their young readers, because this is their hometown and these are the things they like to do when they are tired of seeing and doing all the really big things, and fater all, sometimes the best things in life really are free Flying a...

Across the Coronado Bridge from San Diego is the sleepy, step back into the past, small town or Coronado. The locals say they are Islanders, even though they live on a peninsula; and a bicycle is a common mode of transportation for many of the locals. You can find everything you need here, and locals never like to leave their "Island" even though they are actually connected by a land bridge on the far side that takes them down the Silver Strand Beach to what is called the South Bay area. Naturally, this is a great place for kids, with lots of fun shopping, as well as great restaurants, parks...