Books with author Jacqueline Dwyer

In this gentler Godzilla monster tale, Godzilla and his monster friends find a strange-looking egg on Monster Island. Knowing instinctively that the egg is important, Godzilla protects it from Gigan and Mecha-Godzilla's vicious attacks. The egg turns out to be a cocoon, and when it opens, it releases beautiful Mothra--the newest monster on Monster Island!

One wonderful day, an old peddler arrives in the small village in faraway Thailand where a little girl named Miss Moon lives. He brings a tree with him, fashioned of brightly colored paper flowers. How Miss Moon longs to have such a tree! When the old man gives her one of the flowers in parting, she plants its seed―a black bead―and tends it faithfully. Little black beads can't sprout and grow, of course, but Miss Moon's faith is rewarded all the same!Filled with the sights and sounds of Thailand, this touching tale is true to childhood the world over. In these pages, Ayer's bold color and expressive illustrations draw us into a world that feels both intriguingly foreign and wonderfully familiar. Jacqueline Ayer was a Jamaican-American, born in New York City in 1930. She began her education at the Art Students League in New York, proceeded by time spent at Syracuse University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Ayer was a head fashion designer in London for many years and created more than 10 children’s books, for which she was awarded a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators.

More than anything, Nu Dang loves to fly his kite, but one windy day the string slips and his kite disappears and so this story follows Nu Dang as he searches for his kite. In his small boat he paddles down the long brown river asking the sweet-cakes vendor, the cloth merchant, the butcher and others if they've seen his kite, but no one has. At last he sadly makes his way home, where a joyous surprise awaits him.

A passing old peddler gives a little girl a “seed” to grow a paper flower tree, and though the other villagers scoff, her faith is rewarded. This is a beautiful book, set in a lush and colorful Thailand, about a community and a girl whose dreams become reality.Jacqueline Ayer was a Jamaican-American, born in New York City in 1930. She began her education at the Art Students League in New York, proceeded by time spent at Syracuse University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Ayer was a head fashion designer in London for many years and created more than 10 children’s books, for which she was awarded a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators.

Have you ever felt like you wanted to make a big difference but you just didn't know how or you were told other reasons why it just wouldn't work? The characters Mikey and Jordan face a challenge like that in the story, Little Racer Big Heart. When Mikey's sister is faced with Cancer, they want so desperately to help. But when they see an ad for a go-cart race, and see they will be able to win money, the boys decide that it is the opportunity they have been waiting for: they get to have fun and still possibly help save Mikey's sister's life, not only to win the race but beat the cancer as well.