Johnston, Tony

Colorful illustrations and simple rhyming text tell a story about planting seeds.

Two good friends, Possum and Alien, spend time together celebrating their birthdays, discovering their uniqueness, and hanging out together in a tree.

A pumpkin shimmering in the moonlight attracts the attention of an owl, a cat, crickets, a witch, and a group of boys and girls, who change it into a scary jack-o-lantern.

Presents an adaptation of "The Princess and the Pea, " wherein the daughter of a wealthy Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors.

When a young girl's beloved, exuberant grandfather becomes forgetful, she helps him by singing their favorite song.

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.

An illustrated collection of poems about peace and war around the world by Tony Johnston.

Young snake Slither McCreep, angry because his brother Joe will not share his toys with him, reacts by breaking them and then feels remorse.

The narrator describes the excitement of having the train pull into the town of Jacksonville, Texas, when he was a boy.

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.