Tony Johnston

A rhyming story about planting some seeds.

Dom and Tom, the iguana brothers, eat flowers, pretend to be dinosaurs, and discover that they can be best friends.

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

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

Rabbit outwits Coyote in this Zapotec tale which explains why coyotes howl at the moon.

Una familia mexicana se prepara para el Día de los Muertos y lo celebran. A Mexican family prepares for and celebrates the Day of the Dead.

With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller.

Thoughtful care goes into a child's efforts to help an abused dog learn to trust humans again. Stooping near the bush where the dog is hiding, offering scraps of food, and leaving an umbrella in a rainstorm all convince the dog that the child's offering of friendship is real. When Mom insists on putting up "lost dog" signs, the boy is worried. But in the end, the dog and child find a new friend in each other. --from Amazon.

Lizzie meets an elderly man and his companion, Cecile, at the park, but Lizzie is afraid of dogs, so she relies on her new friend to help her take things one step at a time.

A girl visiting her grandmother longs for a glimpse of the solitary and rarely seen puma. Her grandmother tells her that if she's patient, one day her wish will come true. But patience is hard, the girl thinks. So, the girl and her grandmother stand watch each day, and then finally, without warning, she sees the beautiful animal from afar. Knowing she may never see a puma again, she now knows it's everyone's responsibility to protect these increasingly...