Take a trip down the Rhine River in Germany with Photographer John D. Weigand former K-12 teacher and award winning author and poet Penelope Dyan and see some of what they saw on their very special trip. You will be surprised at the castles you will see and how colorful the small towns and villages along the Rhine River are. Most of all, you can let your imagination fly as you compose wonderful stories in your head and pretend you are one of the princesses or princes of the castle returning home after a long trip. Then you can return to your very own castle. Do you know where that is? Read this book and find out. Penelope Dyan tells her story, and it seems to go right along with what you are imagining in your mind, because Penelope Dyan really knows and understands kids, Parents, you can use this book before you go to Germany so that your children will know what wonderful things they are about to see. You can also use this book to travel down the Rhine vicariously with them; and if you go for a boat down the Rhine, you can see in advance exactly what you will see, Then compare the pictures in this book with what you are actually seeing as you pass each colorful city and castle. One thing is for certain, there is nothing like a cruise down the Rhine River, and a one of a kind kid deserves a one of a kind adventure, even if it is one only done through the pages of a book. After all, an adventure is an adventure!