Product Description
by Penelope Dyan (Author), John D. Weigand (Photographer)
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 and beaches, not to mention the world famous Hotel Del Coronado where Marilyn Monroe shot the movie, "Some Like It Hot " with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, a movie some parents may remember as a piece of Hollywood history And the magic of Hollywood (by the way) is just up the coast of California, .past Disneyland, and not too far from Coronado Written by award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, with rhyme and word recognition techniques, kids and practice reading skills as they learn about this great place. There is also a fun music video on the Bellissimavideo YouTube Channel that goes along with this book. This is a book for kids that has an educational purpose and that will look great on your coffee table
