Children's Book Theatre: Godzilla on Monster Island!

Time to introduce a new semi-recurring segment on the Random Acts of Geekery! As you guys probably know, I'm a dad, and my son, Tristan, likes the super-heroes, too, so my wife and I are always keeping our eyes open for kids books that we'll enjoy reading to him! And sometimes, these long out-of-print books feature characters I think you guys might enjoy seeing, so here's the first one... Godzilla on Monster Island!

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Welcome to Monster Island, home of the monsters!


The island's too small for things to stay peaceful all the time, but Godzilla keeps them in line!


After a storm washes a giant egg on the island, Anguirus and Varan discover it, and Anguirus goes to ask Godzilla what to do.


Anguirus wakes Godzilla up from his nap to tell him what's going on.


Godzilla forces Kamacuras and Kumonga away from the egg.


While a helicopter takes photos, Gigan attacks Godzilla, but Godzilla wins!


After a while, Godzilla takes a break from guarding the egg to go for a swim, leaving Anguirus in charge, but while Godzilla's away, the egg starts to hatch!


A group of scientists study the photos the helicopter took, and decide to send Mechagodzilla to collect the egg, which they believe is a giant coccoon.


Mechagodzilla arrives at the egg before Godzilla does, and blasts Anguirus, but Rodan arrives to help, but the two of them can't defeat Mechagodzilla!


Rodan flies off to fetch Godzilla, who chases Mechagodzilla off!


Unsurprisingly, it turns out the coccoon contains Mothra, and... (I quote) "A light mist of golden snow begins to fall from her wings. It rains down onto the monsters, filling them with happiness and wonder." If that stuff got collected, it would be the most expensive drug offered on the market!


And they all lived happily ever after! The end.



This was a book I'd been looking for over a three month period, ever since I saw a copy offered on eBay! And as luck would have it, I found it at a garage sale in Olympia in late May for less than a buck!

Jon