Johnston, Tony

Joseph, an old African-American man, finds a Mexican baby abandoned in a Dumpster and raises him in a rough Los Angeles neighborhood to know both African-American and Mexican American ways.

A celebration of the owls that have lived in an old barn, sleeping, waking, hunting, and hatching their young for at least one hundred years.

The antics of ten fat turkeys on a fence illustrate counting from ten to one.

Eight-year-old Isabel hopes that her plan will spare her favorite tree, keep the butterflies coming, and provide an income for her poor family in Mexico.

Possum and Alien become friends and find that they have both similarities and differences.

Presents forty-two poems--some funny, some poignant and philosophical--about dogs and their attributes, including their loyalty to people, their love of food and smells, and their varied appearances and personalities.

Miguel figures out a way to save the beloved maguey plant in his Mexican pueblo.

A big, bulky, brave bull named Bernardo is infuriated by anything red.

A witch's hat causes its owner some problems when it turns into a bat, then a rat, then a cat, and still won't behave after that.

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