Daisaku Ikeda, a renown Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, poet and author, said, "With love and patience, nothing is impossible." And our heroine's mother told our heroine nearly the very same thing, just as our heroine (confused by what her mother had said) headed right out the door to play! And our heroine did what she always does; and she asked all her friends (beginning with the elephant) what they thought about what her mother said. Think about what you think our heroine's mother meant, as you practice reading skills and build your reading word vocabulary through word recognition, word repetition and rhyme, all of which you will find on the pages of this fun, 'learn to read' book written and illustrated by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan. But most of all, have fun as you learn! Because learning must be (and should always be) fun! And when you are finished traveling through this book, you can go to the Bellissimavideo YouTube channel and watch the free, fun music video that goes with this book; and you can have even more learning fun!