Is it true beauty is only skin deep? Author Penelope Dyan thinks so, but the important thing is not what she thinks, it's what you think Meanwhile all the characters in this book think they are beautiful simply because of what their mothers told them and what they think they see on the outside. Is beauty an illusion. Is beauty only in the eye of the beholder, or is there something more, something inside of a person that really makes them beautiful? This is a question you must answer for yourself, because the answer to that question is different for everyone. The monkey in this book sums it all up for us by telling us everything that glitters is not gold, and this seems to say it all. Written by award winning author and world recognized children's poet Penelope Dyan, Bellissima once again brings you a book that is certain to make you smile, and maybe even make you giggle So read this book and then let the light inside of you shine through, because each of us has a light inside of us, and that is why we are all beautiful. Just ask your mother and she will tell you it is true. You are indeed beautiful