Angela Johnson

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  • Bibliography:
    59 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1991
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Assignation to Remember

1 - Wit & Intrigue (Jan-2020)
2 - Unmasking A Lady (Jul-2021)
3 - Maid in the Stars (Jan-2021)

Earls of England

1 - The Earl of Arundel (Jan-2020)
2 - Saved by Scandal (Jan-2021)
3 - Restoring Ashford Manor (Jun-2022)

Fernley Family

1 - Earl Grafton and the Traitor (Jan-2022)
2 - Mr. Fernley and the Lady (Jan-2022)
3 - The Archaeologist and the Spinster (Feb-2023)
4 - The Vicar and the Thief (Apr-2023)
5 - The Barrister and the Wallflower (Aug-2023)

Heaven

1 - Heaven (Jan-2010)
2 - The First Part Last (Jan-2010)
3 - Sweet, Hereafter (Jan-2010)

Vows

1 - Vow of Seduction (Oct-2009)
2 - Vow of Deception (Nov-2006)

Book List in Order: 59 titles

  • One of Three

  • Tell Me a Story, Mama

    Mama begins to tell her young daughter a bedtime story, but the little girl soon takes over the narration, telling the familiar tale about the time Grandma had to send Mama and Aunt Jessie to St. Louis by train alone...

  • When I Am Old with You

    """A small child imagines a future when he will be old with his Granddaddy and will sit beside him in a rocking chair and talk about everything...The poignant reality that time will never allow these two to coexist at the same age is softened by the ...

  • Do Like Kyla

    """This simply told story highlights such everyday events as eating oatmeal and walking to the store, aptly capturing a small child''s sense of pleasure in imitating an older sibling...A universal story that features a warm and loving black family.""...

  • The Girl Who Wore Snakes

  • Joshua by the Sea

    """A young boy enjoys a day at the beach with his family.... The pastel watercolor illustrations that fill each double-page spread are cozy and soothing, and the language is rhythmic and quietly reassuring."" - School Library Journal"...

  • Rain Feet

    A very young boy in a yellow slicker enjoys playing in the rain. More evocative in [its] use of language than many other board books....Mitchell's softly rendered watercolors...bring a loving family into clear focus. - Publishers Weekly...

  • Toning the Sweep

    Winner of the Coretta Scott King AwardA School Library Journal Best BookA Booklist Editor's ChoiceOne Last LookEmmie and her mother are headed for the desert to help Grandmama Ola pack up her life. Box by box, the pieces of Ola's past are neatly tuck...

  • Joshua's Night Whispers

    PreSThese titles are characteristic of Johnson's earlier books in their emphasis on warm, loving relationships in an African American family. In Joshua by the Sea, a young boy enjoys a day at the beach with his family; in Joshua's Night Whispers, he ...



  • The Leaving Morning

    Leaving a place can be long when, days before, you've already said good-bye to everyone you know--your friends, the grocer, your cousins, "especially your cousins." Then finally the day comes, and leaving is hard. Words and pictures catch exactly the...

  • Humming Whispers

  • Shoes Like Miss Alice's

  • The Aunt in Our House

  • The Rolling Store

    As she and a friend are loading a wagon with cookies and fans they have made, a young girl repeats the story of a wondrous Rolling Store that used to come to the country where Granddaddy lived when he was young....

  • Songs of Faith

  • Julius

    A humorous and joyful celebration of love and sharing by the award-winning and bestselling duo, Angela Johnson and Dav Pilkey.When Maya's grandfather comes to visit from Alaska, he brings a surprise in a crate -- something, he says, to teach her "fun...

  • Gone From Home

    Pearl dresses up as a boy to survive on the streets, where she finds her long-lost mother, while Mick and Greg risk stealing animals from pet stores in order to save the souls of those who would cage them, in a collection of poignant stories about yo...

  • Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street

    Welcome to Magnolia Street, where Charlie has just moved into her new home. It isn't long before Charlie's exploring, meeting all of her new neighbors, and getting herself into trouble. Her adventures with her bound-to-be best friend Billy--trickin...

  • The Wedding



  • Down on the Winding Road

    Jesse and his sister, two city kids, travel to the country to visit with their greataunts and greatuncles, and while the "Old Ones" sit and watch, the children play in the fresh air. By the author of When I Am Old with You. ...

  • Daddy Calls Me Man

    "This story...consists of four short verses about the happy home life of a young African-American boy. Family love and the shared stories and symbols that connect the generations are pervasive themes." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review...

  • When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street

    A new collection of stories by award-winning author Angela Johnson about Charlie and her adventures on Magnolia Street.

    It's summertime, and that means more adventures for Charlie and her friends on Magnolia Street in this collection of short ...

  • Those Building Men

  • Running Back to Ludie

    The narrator of a collection of bittersweet verses lives with her father and aunt, but will soon visit the mother she has not seen in years and rediscover how it feels to be her mother's daughter. By the author of When I Am Old With You. ...

  • I Dream of Trains

    Papa says it's the sound of leaving that speaks to my soul... The poignant words of two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and striking images from fine artist Loren Long join forces in this heartbreaking yet upliftin...

  • Looking for Red

    Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul.But Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more.Then one day Red disappears. One minute he's there, the nex...

  • Just Like Josh Gibson

    The story goes... Grandmama could hit the ball a mile, catch anything that was thrown, and do everything else -- just like Josh Gibson. But unfortunately, no matter how well a girl growing up in the 1940s played the game of baseball, she wou...

  • Violet's Music

    There's nothing Violet loves more than music, and she plays or sings every chance she gets.  But where are the other kids like her-kids who think and dream music all day long?  As a baby, in kindergarten, at the beach and the zoo, she never gives u...

  • Sweet Smell of Roses

    There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice. Inspired by the countless young people who took ...



  • Cool Moonlight

    Born with a rare and dangerous allergy to sunlight, Lila's spent her life hidden from the daylight-staying covered up and indoors until dark, only venturing outside after the sun has set and the moon's cool light shines. Almost every night, she is vi...

  • Bird

    Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties....

  • Vow of Deception

    Vows - 2

    Your first allegiance is to your heart… As a knight, Sir Rand Montague’s allegiance is to King Edward I. But when the king orders Rand to escort Rosalyn Harcourt to court in order to wed her off to Sir Golan -- a crass knight Rand abhors -- heâ...

  • Lily Brown's Paintings

    Author Angela Johnson and illustrator E. B. Lewis combine their award-winning talents to create a dazzling celebration of family and creativity.

    When Lily Brown paints, her world starts to change . . .
    trees wear hats and drink tea, people ...

  • Wind Flyers

    Three-time Coretta Scott King Awardâ€"winning author Angela Johnson and New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long introduce readers to a band of under-celebrated World War II heroes -- the Tuskegee Airmen.All he ever wanted to do was fly.With...

  • Vow of Seduction

    Vows - 1

    Vow Of Gold Sworn to support King Edward, Sir Alex de Beaumont had to leave his new bride on their wedding night to fight in the Crusades. Captured and left to languish in a lonely prison, the warrior knight is kept alive by the memory of love -- ...

  • The First Part Last

    Heaven - 2

    This little thing with the perfect face and hands doing nothing but counting on me. And me wanting nothing else but to run crying into my own mom's room and have her do the whole thing. It's not going to happen.... Bobby is your classic urban t...

  • Heaven

    Heaven - 1

    You never know what's gonna come down -- in Heaven. At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma's hands and Pops's love for ice cream, that her brother doesn't get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack is a big mystery. But Marley doesn't know...

  • Sweet, Hereafter

    Heaven - 3

    After Heaven and The First Part Last, three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson concludes her acclaimed trilogy with a poignant tale of finding where you belong and who you belong with. Shoogy left home with all her jeans ...

  • The Day Ray Got Away

    Ray is a parade balloon who longs to float far above the crowd, no strings attached. It’s his dream to fly on his own, though circumstances always seem to tie him down. But Ray is determined to achieve his goal, and with persistence and determinati...



  • Lottie Paris Lives Here

    Lottie Paris may be precocious, but she still knows how to act like a kid. She dresses up, she plays on the slide, she eats cookies instead of vegetables. She has a great imagination and sees the possibilities in the simplest pleasures. Plus, she's s...

  • A Certain October

    Three-time Coretta Scott King Awardâ€"winner Angela Johnson writes a wrenching, honest book about surviving the unimaginable and finding a way to go on. Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it’s true that Scot...

  • Lottie Paris and the Best Place

    The charming and spirited Lottie Paris is back -- and she loves the library! Lottie Paris has a favorite place. The library! She loves to go there and read about space. She knows there are rules at the library, but sometimes they are not so easy t...

  • All Different Now

    Experience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis. Through the eyes of one little girl, All Different Now tells the story of the first Juneteenth, the day freedom finally c...

  • The Earl of Arundel

    Earls of England - 1

    The Duke of Ashby is cunning and vicious. He cares only for wealth and advancement. As one of the wealthiest men in society, he desires more which includes his longtime friend and enemy's lands and titles. In a gamble, both dukes betroth their ol...

  • Wit & Intrigue

    Assignation to Remember - 1

    A marriage of convenience clean and wholesome romance. Debra Richardson is ready for her first season in London. While most women hope to make a splash in the marriage market, Debra prefers to make her debut by publishing scandalous short stories ...

  • Maid in the Stars

    Assignation to Remember - 3

  • Saved by Scandal

    Earls of England - 2

    Scandal should be avoided at all costs unless it serves a purpose. Lady Charlotte needs to find a match before her father finds one for her. As her family hosts an annual house party, Charlotte's choices lie between Lord Riley, a notorious ra...

  • Unmasking A Lady

    Assignation to Remember - 2

    When the masks are removed, will there be love? Abigail Warren expected a night of excitement, socializing among London society's elite at the masquerade ball. When a man she thinks is her friend Marcus asks her to elope with him that same nig...

  • Earl Grafton and the Traitor

    Fernley Family - 1

    When love arrives in the form of an enemy, who knew it would be covered in mud? Baxter Fernley, the Earl of Grafton, takes his duty as a member of the ton with the utmost sincerity, even if King George the III has lost his mind. As a respected mem...



  • Mr. Fernley and the Lady

    Fernley Family - 2

    When love arrives on a racing horse, who knew it would require one thousand white lilies? Mr. Archibald Fernley has secured the most sought-after editor in England only to discover his current manuscript is unacceptable. With a deadline of one mon...

  • Ebony Emerald's Headful of Beauty

    Self-confidence comes from knowing how your uniqueness adds to the world.This book is a bullying prevention resource that shows children not only how to handle bullies and to be confident in oneself.Ebony sets the perfect example of how one should be...

  • The World On Marq's Plate

    Food is one of the easiest ways to bring friends together.To bring peace and unity through the one thing that binds us all.We all need to be more like Marq. Someone who enjoys the world and all it has to offer. This beautiful rhyming story is a joy t...

  • Restoring Ashford Manor

    Earls of England - 3

    A home to renovate. Love to build. A marriage of convenience. Lucas Grantham, Earl of Branton, doesn't know what love is and doesn't care for the term. Owing to neglectful parents, he's spent his life caring only for himself. But when...

  • My Dark Secret

    She almost had the ideal marriage.At first, Emily's husband's announcement that an old college friend would be staying turned her completely against the notion. The last thing she needs is a stranger on the other side of the paper-thin walls when the...

  • The Archaeologist and the Spinster

    Fernley Family - 3

    When love arrives on a camel, who knew it would be oblivious to flirting? Self-proclaimed bachelor for life Phineas Fernley has dreamed of exploring the world since the day he found a book on archaeology hidden on the shelves of his father’s lib...

  • Everywhere You Go

    After a brush with death in New Orleans, Cameron De La Valle is getting back to work and traveling to California for a one-night-only concert. The potential dangers presented by too many choices and a wild circle of new friends is nothing compared to...

  • The Vicar and the Thief

    Fernley Family - 4

    When love arrives in the form of an angel, who knew she would be the season’smost infamous thief? Mr. Gilbert Fernley has never been a jealous man. As the local vicar, Gilbert finds joy in preparing sermons and tending his flock. Everything in h...

  • The Barrister and the Wallflower

    Fernley Family - 5

    When Love is declared with a pure heart, who knew it could be as invisible as a wallflower? Fletcher Fernley finds solace in a comfortable chair and a well-crafted guide to property law. As a barrister, he readily engages in lively debates while i...

  • Ebony Emerald's Gems

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Your family and friends form the foundation of your life. Understanding this is a vital key to happiness.Join the excitement as we continue our adventures with Ebony Emerald, who is going to get a wonderful surprise. She is excited to see what gems w...

Award-Winning Books by Angela Johnson

The First Part Last
2004 Coretta Scott King Award -- Author
2004 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers -- Young Adult
2004 Michael L. Printz Award -- Young Adult
2006 Green Mountain Book Award -- Grades 9-12
Heaven
1999 Coretta Scott King Award -- Author
I Dream of Trains
2003 Golden Kite -- Picture Bk Illustration
Toning the Sweep
1994 Coretta Scott King Award -- Author


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Angela Johnson has published 59 books.

Angela Johnson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Barrister and the Wallflower, was published in August 2023.

The first book by Angela Johnson, One of Three, was published in September 1991.

Yes. Angela Johnson has 5 series.
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