It really is true that it's always darkest before the dawn; and while our heroine's mother tries to explain to our heroine that brighter days really to lay ahead, our heroine (as usual) doesn't understand exactly what her mother is trying to tell her. And so, off she goes to ask the elephant and all of her other friends if they know what her mother meant by what she had said! Think about what you think our heroine's mother meant, and why she said what she said, as you travel through this 'learn to read' book written and illustrated by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, that is filled with word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, all to help a kid just like you build reading word vocabulary and reading skills as you have fun learning! And never forget to have fun as you learn; because learning must be (and should always be) fun, or a kid won't love to learn! And when you are all finished traveling through this book, you can go to Bellissimavideo's YouTube channel; and you can watch the free, fun music video that goes with this book! And then, you can have even more learning fun!