Most Popular Books by Tony Johnston

Lorenzo, a cookie-loving parrot who lives in Mexico, gets into lots of trouble trying to help his human family.

Lorenzo, a cookie-loving parrot who lives in Mexico, gets into lots of trouble trying to help his human family.

Even though they are not in the same class, two young friends are glad that they decided to give school a try.

When his mother is stolen from her tomb, Ramose, a 4000-year-old mummy, tries to find her in the Egyptian desert, aboard an ocean liner, and in New York City''s Metropolitan Museum, with the help of a cranky talking camel and some young American tourists.

The wind blows an apple off a tree, a worm eats a tiny hole in it, a bird pecks at it, and a boy eats it, spitting out the seeds--from which an apple tree grows.

A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.

A young boy is embarrassed by his grandfather''s old Japanese ways, but on one of their Fishing Sundays, he learns to see Grandfather in a new light.

Pa and his family pack up their belongings and undertake the difficult journey to a new life in the West.

A huge mosquito keeps Zeke and Zelda awake, until Zelda finds a way to quiet the persistent pest.

Rhyming text presents the many facets of the behavior and characteristics of cats.

A collection of poems depicting life in the country throughout the seasons of the year.

When day is done, the sun streaks the desert sky with flame. Soon the stars come out, and with them, a host of creatures. Bats spill from a hillside cave; insects seek out the sweet fruit of the saguaro; and a lone coyote sings his haunting song to the moon. Spare, lyrical words and luminous, richly textured pictures reveal the mysterious, hidden world of the desert night in this beautiful volume. . . .Deceptively simple, the words create an elegant repetitious rhythm that combines the immediacy of onomatopoeia with subtle, musical lines. . . . Quiet but not serene, the paintings evoke the mystery and unsettling beauty in the vibrant, stark landscape.

When Manuela''s sheep are stolen, she has to go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy''s talking road-runner-footed adobe house and try to get the witch to give the flock back, in a Southwestern version of the Baba Yaga story.

Isolated on her mountain, Amber meets and befriends a girl from the city who gives her the determination to learn to read and write.

Looking for a soup bone on Halloween, a little old lady finds a hungry skeleton instead.

Consists of an end-paper design, unbound galley proofs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publicity materials and other materials accumulated by Tony Johnston. The materials, which pertain to her work on four children''s picture books, are arranged into two series: books and miscellaneous and personal.

Stealing the young goblins'' magic fan, a badger makes a fortune after using the fan to make a rich girl''s nose grow.

A child and a little green parrot spend the day together, sharing seeds, a song, a story, and more.

Farmer Mack''s attempts to measure his wonderfully fat pig create chaos on his farm.

An illustrated collection of twenty-three humorous poems on a variety of subjects.

Lizzie se rend au parc. Elle joue. Elle court. Elle approche d''un chien... et se fige net. "N''aie pas peur de lui" dit le vieux monsieur timide, à propos de son chien. "Est-ce qu''il aboie ?" demande Lizzie, apeurée quand même. En répondant à chacune de ses interrogations, le vieil homme apprivoise les peurs de Lizzie et peut-être les siennes...

With the anticipation of making souffles from his very own figs, Gaylord the pastry chef buys what he thinks is a fig tree.

Four episodes in which Mole makes four wishes, Troll visits Mole, Troll loses a tooth, and night noises scare the pair of friends.

In this adaptation of "The Princess and the Pea," the wealthy daughter of a Texas ranch devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors.

A 700-year-old woman and an 800-year-old man, both witches, go searching on Halloween night for the pumpkin someone snitched from them.

While helping her neighbor assist one of his cows in giving birth, Ramie hears a story of another birth helped by a young person interested in cows.

Presents the further adventures of Odd Job, the boy who will tackle any job, including teaching someone to blow bubbles.