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Tony Johnston

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California, The United States

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Children's Books

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Tony Johnston has written many acclaimed books for young people. She and her husband lived in Mexico for fifteen years, where they raised their children. She now lives in San Marino, California.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 1,704 ratings · 498 reviews · 98 distinct works

	Bone by Bone by Bone 3.78 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio: A Novel Of The Barrio by Tony Johnston, Raúl Colón (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 143 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants by Tony Johnston, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston, Tomie dePaola 3.84 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions	My rating:
	My Abuelita by Tony Johnston, Yuyi Morales (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Vanishing Pumpkin by Tony Johnston, Tomie dePaola (illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella by Tony Johnston, James Warhola (Illustrations) 3.77 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Harmonica by Tony Johnston, Ron Mazellan (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	10 Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston, Richard F. Deas (Illustrations) 3.54 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston, Robert Duncan, Robert A. Duncan 4.16 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:

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“Then my abuelita booms out words, loud and clear. She always says the words should be round as dimes and as wild as blossoms blooming.”
― Tony Johnston, My Abuelita

tags: grandparent , humor

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