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Tony Johnston

Author of The Quilt Story

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Tony Johnston was born in Los Angeles, California on January 30, 1942. She received a B.A. in history and an M.A in education from Stanford University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a fourth-grade teacher. She has written over 70 books for children. Her titles include Amber on the Mountain, the Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea, Day of the Dead, the Ghost of Nicholas Greebe, the Sparky and Eddie series, and the Adventures of Mole and Troll. Her first adult novel was Any Small Goodness. Her works have earned her several awards including a Children's Choice Award for Four Scary Stories and the Beatty Award in 2002 for Any Small Goodness. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Quilt Story… (more)
The Quilt Story 2,028 copies, 27 reviews
10 Fat Turkeys 1,214 copies, 13 reviews
Big Red Apple 783 copies, 3 reviews
Any Small Goodness 718 copies, 13 reviews
The Vanishing Pumpkin 679 copies, 3 reviews
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella 466 copies, 21 reviews
Yonder 441 copies, 2 reviews
Off To Kindergarten 431 copies, 12 reviews
Amber on the Mountain 422 copies, 7 reviews
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote 381 copies, 16 reviews
The Harmonica 282 copies, 39 reviews
The Barn Owls 262 copies, 7 reviews
We Love the Dirt 257 copies
Day of the Dead 228 copies, 9 reviews
My Abuelita 204 copies, 42 reviews
Bone by Bone by Bone 186 copies, 6 reviews
Winter Is Coming 174 copies, 11 reviews
The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea 136 copies, 6 reviews
The Badger and the Magic Fan 128 copies, 3 reviews
The Wagon 120 copies
First Grade, Here I Come! 86 copies, 4 reviews
The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe 81 copies, 5 reviews
Whale Song (Sandcastle Books) 69 copies, 1 review
A Small Thing . . . but Big 64 copies, 1 review
That Summer 63 copies, 4 reviews
The Soup Bone 63 copies, 6 reviews
The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall 60 copies, 2 reviews
Angel City 58 copies, 5 reviews
Desert Song 58 copies, 2 reviews
Cat, What Is That? 56 copies, 2 reviews
Grandpa's Song 54 copies
Uncle Rain Cloud 52 copies, 1 review
Pages of Music 51 copies
The Witch's Hat 49 copies, 3 reviews
Sequoia 49 copies, 3 reviews
Beast Rider 47 copies, 6 reviews
The Cat With Seven Names 45 copies, 5 reviews
Go Track A Yak! 44 copies, 1 review
Very Scary 44 copies, 2 reviews
Alien & Possum: Hanging Out 37 copies, 3 reviews
Voice from Afar: Poems of Peace 37 copies, 8 reviews
Sunsets Of The West (Sweep, 12) 35 copies, 5 reviews
The Whole Green World 34 copies, 1 review
The Worm Family 32 copies, 3 reviews
Little Rabbit Goes to Sleep 32 copies, 1 review
Five Little Foxes and the Snow 30 copies, 1 review
Laugh-Out-Loud Baby 29 copies, 3 reviews
Fishing Sunday 27 copies, 4 reviews
Trees 27 copies, 5 reviews
Mummy's Mother 26 copies, 1 review
The Last Snow of Winter 25 copies, 1 review
Mole and Troll Trim the Tree 25 copies, 1 review
A Kenya Christmas 23 copies, 2 reviews
It's About Dogs 22 copies, 4 reviews
Sticky People 22 copies
The Ancestors Are Singing 19 copies, 1 review
Gopher Up Your Sleeve 19 copies, 2 reviews
Puma Dreams 18 copies, 3 reviews
Noel 17 copies
Loving Hands 16 copies, 2 reviews
Chicken in the Kitchen 15 copies, 1 review
Hey, Dog 13 copies, 2 reviews
Goblin Walk 10 copies, 4 reviews
The Dog Wash 10 copies
The Old Lady and the Birds 10 copies, 1 review
Ten Owies 5 copies
Fig tale 3 copies
Scary Stories 3 copies
Alberi 1 copy

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