Books with author J. Lynch

“This feast of a book . . . will captivate readers from its opening double-page spread. . . . Sweeping and grand, this personal take on a familiar story is an engaging success.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Leaving the docks of London on the Mayflower as an indentured servant to Pilgrim John Carver, John Howland little knew that he was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. By his great good fortune, John survived falling overboard on the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, and he earned his keep ashore by helping to scout a safe harbor and landing site for his bedraggled and ill shipmates. Would his luck continue to hold amid the dangers and adversity of the Pilgrims’ lives in New England? P.J. Lynch captures this pivotal moment in American history in precise and exquisite detail, from the light on the froth of a breaking wave to the questioning voice of a teen in a new world.

In the first book he has both written and illustrated, master artist P.J. Lynch brings a Mayflower voyager’s story to vivid life. At a young age, John Howland learned what it meant to take advantage of an opportunity. Leaving the docks of London on the Mayflower as an indentured servant to Pilgrim John Carver, John Howland little knew that he was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. By his great good fortune, John survived falling overboard on the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, and he earned his keep ashore by helping to scout a safe harbor and landing site for his bedraggled and ill shipmates. Would his luck continue to hold amid the dangers and adversity of the Pilgrims’ lives in New England? John Howland’s tale is masterfully told in his own voice, bringing an immediacy and young perspective to the oft-told Pilgrims’ story. P.J. Lynch captures this pivotal moment in American history in precise and exquisite detail, from the light on the froth of a breaking wave to the questioning voice of a teen in a new world.

In famed author-illustrator P.J. Lynch’s gorgeous tale, he creates two worlds—underwater and above—to tell an epic and haunting love story. Jacob and his father are the only people who fish Lake Spetzia, which was formed when the river was dammed and their town was flooded. The villagers say the lake is haunted, but Jacob and his father don’t want to leave, because Jacob’s mother is buried in the cemetery below the water. As Jacob grows up, a village girl named Ellen falls in love with him, and he with her. But before they are married, Jacob disappears—lured underwater by the ghosts who inhabit the sunken village. Years go by, with Jacob held captive by the watery spirits and Ellen never giving up hope that she will find him, until a fateful night when Jacob sees the light of Ellen’s boat floating above. Can he break free and reach the surface? Masterful illustrations alive with achingly expressive characters and eerie underwater light bring readers into acclaimed creator P.J. Lynch’s rich world of love, loss, and hope.

Life was precarious in 1763. When James Blakiston fell, he fell a long way and now he had two struggles on his hands--to bring the murderer of old Reuben Cooper to justice and to deny his love for the beautiful and spirited but low-born Kate Greener. As he builds a picture of the history of the murderous Cooper family over three generations, a missing coat begins to occupy his attention. How did it get from where it was to where it is--and why? A chance remark opens the door to the murderer at last. And Blakiston rejects love. But will love let him go?

A young mouse sniffs the air and picks up the scent of fresh cheese. The smell of cheese lures him away from his mouse house. Soon he is ready to do anything, risk everything, to get to the cheese. Luckily Mom and Pop intervene and stop him.They sit together and teach young mouse about mouse traps. Young mouse and his parents watch a trap SNAP shut on some poor helpless creature. Will young mouse learn a lesson?

Monk the Skunk thunk up “THE DUNK”! So now dry cookies taste mighty good! But then Monk learned something not so good. You see when you dunk, the milk gets “shrunk”...and then there’s all that “COOKIE GUNK!” So Monk packed the cookies and left home, to find fresh milk for every dunk! But after a while...Mother Goose had seen enough of Monk and she called the Milk Cop, Captain Bunk!Think about it. If you were drinking a glass of milk, would you be happy to let a skunk dunk? Follow Monk's trail of dunks and meet new friends like Mother Goose, Father Moose, Captain Bunk, Old Farmer Funk, Delivery Cow and more! A fun, rhyming picture book for early readers. Level 1-2. 44 Pages.

Professor Guy Lileo tells his Martian fourth grade class that a Super Snow Storm from the planet Saturn is sweeping towards Mars! A rocket ship from Earth has broken open a hole in the Martian SnowZone, which means the Saturn snow will cover Mars that night!That means tomorrow will be a snow day! School will be closed! The students in class use their antenna texters to cheer, "Hooray for snow day!"But Mercury Mars, sitting in the back of the classroom, isn’t ready for snow day! He thinks, "My old snow sled is YUK!"It fell apart in last year's snow day race.So Mercury decides to build a new super fast sled after school, and finish it in time to enter the snow day sled race tomorrow and maybe this time he'll win!And so starts the adventures of fourth grade friends Mercury Mars, Aurora Corona, Jupiter Jones and the Super Red Rocket Sled.The value of friendship is revealed as the mini-Martians face challenges of building things together, paying attention to warning signs and helping a friend when a bully (the Troll-Bominable Snow Martian) comes calling. A Martian story of friendship, learning, fun and adventure. Happy snow day!

Dot decides to give Christmas gifts to children who may not receive any this year. She and her horse Finn set out on a snowy Christmas Eve to visit as many children in the country side as they can. When they return home, her family wonders how old Finn and Dot are able to deliver so many presents. What they don’t know is Dot and Finn share a secret to their success.Dot looses the shoes Papa made her while riding Finn home that night. They are found many years later in an antique shop. The Oma, who buys the shoes, with red windmills and the name Dot on them, places the shoes under her Christmas tree. Her grandchildren start to find small presents in them and begin to look for Dot whenever they come to visit. The story of Dot’s Shoes, remind us the gifts of kindness and Christmas magic always surround us. We only need to open our heart to experience them.