Tony Johnston

A boy cares for, feeds, and helps an abused stray dog to learn to trust humans again.

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.

Torn from his home and parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy starving in a concentration camp finds hope in playing Schubert on his harmonica, even when the commandant orders him to play.

Told in verse, a boy encounters first grade--with all its peaks and valleys, but most of all with new friends.

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

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

For at least one hundred years, generations of barn owls have slept, hunted, called, raised their young, and glided silently above the wheat fields around an old barn.

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

"Using the alphabet, Mexico is introduced in this picture book using poetry and detailed expository text. A through Z topics include: adobe, Diego Rivera, Lady of Guadalupe, lava, prickly pear, and skeleton"--Provided by publisher.

When two best friends compete in a mock rodeo at school, they learn that winning is not everything.