This is a book created for clever kids with great big healthy imaginations, kids who should be kids forever, if only it could be properly arranged. Unfortunately, we must all grow older, but we can still remain kids at heart; and we can still remember when. This book was written to help you remember your childhood and the childhood of your children, and help you enjoy their childhoods with them. And it was also written in memory of a very special person Penelope Dyan knew and loved. His name was Roger. Enjoy the illustrations and the poetry of Penelope Dyan and be sure to read this book to your child and share with your child in his or her hopes and dreams, because hopes and dreams are the essence of childhood. Dyan is a former K-12 teacher, published in 'The Kindergartner, ' as well as in 'Instructor Magazine' and in 'Humpty Dumpty' children's magazine, and she is an award winning author. Her book \"Surfer Girl\" (the first book in the Surfer Girl Book Series was the winner of best teen book at both the 2008 New York Book Festival and the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. Once again, Penelope Dyan has put her expertise, love and knowledge of children and animals to very good and practical use with this book | The Little Fella With The Big Green Umbrella by Penelope Dyan, Paperback | Indigo Chapters