Mary Clark Dalton,
Children’s (and Youth) Book Author
Follow your favorite Author, Mary Clark Dalton, and her cast of lovable characters. Children will fall in love with the adventures of Rainbow the Butterfly while learning some valuable lessons along the way.
About Mary Clark Dalton
I am a stay at home mom with two grown children, Brent and Amanda. I now have 4 amazing grandsons! I live in a small county in Virginia called Henry. I write stories for the modern day child who I believe have a more mature taste for books. I like to write about the things they face today, sometimes using animal characters. My first book is just that. “Rainbow’s Promise” is about a caterpillar that is the last in his class to receive his wings. He dreams of flying with the beautiful rainbow wings his father has promised will come in time. His mom tells him to be patient and use this time to do things only a caterpillar can do. “Rainbow’s Promise” has been given a 5 star must read rating from book review. The Rainbow series continues with Rainbow Learns to Fly, Rainbow Deals with Pride, and concludes with Rainbow Learns the Golden Rule. These books have wonderful life lessons for children to learn and enjoy at the same time. Follow Rainbow on his adventures!
Mom’s Choice Award-winning Author
Rainbows Promise Series of Children’s Book
Mary's Books
Mary’s Newest Book!
The Cloud
Can prayer really change the outcome of a situation? Are good and evil constantly battling for the minds and souls of everyone? Does God put signs and wonders in the sky? Does he speak to us when we listen? Is destiny set, or can it be changed if we storm heaven’s door? One youth pastor and a small youth group are about to find out if they are up to the challenge, as they cast their eyes heavenward and see what they believe is a sign from God. Everyone has a story, and everyone has a purpose. This group of people is no exception; over the course of just one day, they all find themselves with the opportunity to reach out to God, and the chance to make a difference. But for Kevin, a boy on a path of uncertainty, fear, and hopelessness, it may not be enough. Faced with the possibility of tragedy, the people around him are about to discover if the power of prayer and action is enough to save someone on a dangerous path. As well as a story about prayer, redemption, and forgiveness, The Cloud is a challenge to youth to open their eyes and hearts to God, and a powerful lesson about the positive difference that can be made upon doing so.
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Being the last caterpillar in his class to receive his wings causes poor Rainbows classmates to tease him. He dreams of having beautiful colors and flying with his friends. But his mom tells him to be patient and look for things that only a caterpillar can do. Follow Rainbow along on this adventure in Rainbows Promise.
5 Star Review – Readers’ Favorite
Rainbow has finally received his beautiful rainbow wings. Now he can’t wait to fly! How hard can it be? he thinks to himself. He’s thrilled when his dad tells him it’s time to learn to fly. “These things take time, Son, you’ll fly soon,” his father tells him. Follow Rainbow as he learns once again, some things are worth the wait.
Rainbow is proud of his beautiful wings and ability to fly, but hes showing off just a little too much. He thinks its payback time for Lightning, the butterfly who used to taunt him. But is this kind of revenge really the right thing to do? Follow Rainbow as he learns a hard lesson on pride.
In this, the last of the Rainbow series, Rainbow learns the hard way that its not too much fun to be the strongest, most beautiful butterfly if you do not have friends to share it with. After a time of showing off and a little taunting of his own, Rainbow finally learns the Golden Rule. He must treat other butterflies the way he would like to be treated. Follow Rainbow as he tries to rebuild friendships and trust that he has broken through all his prideful acts.
Mary’s Christmas Book:
Clarksdale’s Secret Santa
Georgia was excited as she ran home from school. She had only been in Clarksdale for six months, and already she had a new best friend named Carrie. Today she heard the best news ever! Clarksdale has their own secret Santa! Imagine that! There was just one problem for her, the monster that lived next door. Oh, she had never seen him, but the kids at school all talked about him. He never comes out except at night; no one has ever seen his face! She always ran past his house. No, she wasn’t going to let him ruin her excitement. She had more important things to think about, like what did she want Clarksdale’s Secret Santa to bring her!
Hopefully
No one ever told Hope why they decided to give her this name. She never thought to ask. Her dad had died two years ago, and her mom had not been the same since. Hope didn’t understand why her mom slept all the time. She wished her mom could be like she used to be, always smiling and fun. If it wasn’t for her sweet, grandmotherly neighbor Mrs. Jones, Hope would be anything but hopeful. Follow Hope as she finds her journey back to hope!
Ebony Shine
Ebony loved to fly; in fact, that’s when she felt beautiful. You see Ebony was a black butterfly. She couldn’t find one small color on her wings; and believe me, she looked again and again. When she flew, she could pretend that she had beautiful wings, with all the colors of the rainbow! She couldn’t understand why her father called her Ebony Shine! He would say, “Ebony Shine, I wish you could see what I see when I look at you fly! When the sun shines through your wings, it’s so beautiful I can hardly look!” Ebony would giggle at her father because she knew he was trying to make her feel better. Follow Ebony on her exciting adventure, when she finds out that beauty is not always visible to the eye!
It seemed that Amanda was always in competition with Sandy. To make matters worse, Sandy was her best friend. Just once, Amanda would like to take first place to Sandy for something, anything! The new school year had just started and Amanda had a new teacher, Miss Turner. This was Miss Turner’s first year of teaching, so she didn’t know anything about her class; she didn’t know that Sandy always won everything! Maybe this could be the year that Amanda finally won something! Her hopes were dashed, though, when her new teacher called for a test on the first day of school! Who gives a test on the first day of school?
Wanda is not your ordinary ant. Most ants are content to follow orders, stay in a straight line, then head back to headquarters. That is not how it is with Wanda. If she had her way, the life of an ant would be much more exciting! She dreams of exploring. One day, Wanda’s curiosity gets the better of her. She just has to see for herself what is over that hill. Find out what happens when Wanda disobeys, and learns a hard lesson in obedience! Includes eight coloring pages from Wanda’s adventure in the back of the book!
Mercy hovered in the back of the cage in the shelter. Mercy had accepted the fact that no one was going to choose her long ago. The keeper of the shelter tried to encourage Mercy, telling her that one day just the right family would come and take her home.
Aidan was born blind. Today was his eighth birthday. His father had promised him he could get a dog for his birthday. Aidan came to the end of the shelter, he was disappointed. He asked the owner, “Is this all the dogs you have?”
“We have Mercy,” he said unenthusiastically.
Follow Mercy and Aidan on their great adventure, proving once again, love truly is blind.
Chapter Book
Book 1:
The Prince of Deep Within:
Prince Alexander longs to be like any ordinary boy; to have friends over, laugh, eat fun foods, and play. But, he spends his time learning kingdom rules, so that someday when he is king, he will be prepared. One night when he is reading, he finds himself in another kingdom, the kingdom of his dreams; only he’s not reading, he’s really there! The only problem is, he doesn’t know how he got there or how he is supposed to get back!
Book 2:
Princess Anna Looks Deep Within:
Prince Alexander has disappeared and Princess Anna seems to be the only one who remembers him. Was he really there, or was it all a dream? Meanwhile, Prince Alexander finds himself back home and his father begins making changes Prince Alexander wanted to see. Did Prince Alexander really visit another kingdom, and what caused his father to make these changes? Can these two find the answers they need and see each other again? Find out, as you look, Deep Within
Chapter Book
Prince Albert and Princess Olivia had heard the story over and over again. At first, they had thought that it was a fairytale. But, the more they heard the story of the mysterious kingdom with the same name as the one their mother came from, the more they began to believe that the unsolved mystery was more than a story, and had, in fact, really happened. According to their father, he was reading one night, when all of sudden, he was in another kingdom-the kingdom of his dreams. The only problem was, he didn’t know how he had arrived there or how he would get back! Everyone in this kingdom knew him, but he didn’t remember any of them. Thus begins the detective search of two royals. Clues and more clues-some intriguing, others confusing, and some downright scary-give Albert and Olivia the determination to carry on. Will there finally be an answer to the mystery that has haunted the king and queen for so many years?
Alexander is a prince. Who could ask for more than that? To be heir to the throne, have everything you could wish for. Sure, there are plenty perks being a prince, but just once, Prince Alexander would like to be a kid named Alex with no responsibilities who can play, eat pizza, cheese burgers, French fries, and of course, milkshakes! The son of a king can’t go anywhere unaccompanied, so he can’t pick his friends or go to fun places, except of course when he is reading. In a book, Prince Alexander can escape; he can go where he wants to go, with whom he chooses, and stay as long as he wishes.
The adventure continues for Princess Anna as she finds the end to one mystery, only to be thrown unsuspectingly into another one.
Was this a dream or did it really happen? How can she remember Prince Alexander (Alex), the name she so fondly calls him, so well when no one else seems to remember him. Clue after clue turns up for Anna to solve. Is she getting closer to the answer?
Prince Alexander tries hard to solve his own mystery. How did he get home? Why is everything so different now? What does his father mean when he says that if you want something badly enough, you can believe that it really happened?
Follow Princess Anna and Prince Alexander as they try to solve their shared mystery–two kingdoms apart!
Life is tough when you don’t have a dad. Jamie had a secret. He had a father figure, only his was not in the home, but on a television show. He didn’t tell his friends for fear of being teased. Each day he would hurry home from school to watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show. He learned many lessons from his television dad that he passed on to his younger brother, Chris. Though this helped, he still longed for a real-life dad!
Shadow, a redwing blackbird, and Bright, a bluebird, were best friends. The two were always swapping stories about their exciting adventures while they were apart during the winter season. All too soon, the weather would turn cool and the two birds would realize that their fun times were coming to a close for a few months. That is, unless they could come up with a plan! The two birds put their heads together asking, “Can we really trade places? What could go wrong?” Follow Shadow and Bright as they find out that adventures do not always turn out as planned!
Tiny is sad, he knows hes the smallest tree on the farm. He longs to go home with someone and decorate their house for Christmas. He watches as tree after tree leaves the farm. Will he be the last tree standing on Christmas morning? Follow Tiny as he discovers Christmas is more than fancy decorations and expensive presents.
Squirrelly loved to play. In fact, there wasn’t a squirrel around who knew more acorn games than he did. He loved to make all the other squirrels laugh, and that he did time after time. All his friends would say, “Squirrelly, you’re the funniest squirrel around!” What he didn’t like though was working to store up for winter. ‘I have plenty of time, ‘ he would say when his father would warn him winter was coming soon. All he had on his mind was games and more games. Follow Squirrelly as he finds that procrastination can be a very serious thing!