Julia Johnson

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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2003
  • Latest Book:
    March 2017
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Book List in Order: 17 titles

  • The Pearl Diver

    This is the story of Saeed, a six year old boy and his father Abdullah, one of the finest pearl divers in the Arabian Gulf. We follow Saeed on his first adventure out to sea with his father and the rest of the divers. Saeed learns to dive and discove...

  • One Humpy Grumpy Camel

    One humpy grumpy camel...five silly billy goats... nine busy beetles... they all appear in this charming, colourful book. Illustrated with lively watercolour images of Arabian life from sunrise to sunset, this is a book to treasure for its inventive ...

  • The Cheetah's Tale

    A heart wrenching children's story. A little girl comes across a malnourished cheetah cub caged at the back of a small shop in an Arab souq. Her mother agrees to buy the animal to save its life, and the little girl rears the cub at their house until ...

  • A Gift of the Sands

    This beautiful children's story recounts the life of a pearl as it travels inadvertently out of the sea and via various travelers on a long voyage of adventure. Will the pearl ever come to rest? An imaginative tale for younger readers aged 5 - 8....

  • Saluki--Hound of the Bedouin

    Julia Johnsons' latest collaboration with the watercolorist Susan Keeble is a captivating story of a Bedouin boy Hamad and his Saluki hound Sougha ("the gifted one"). It recounts their mutual devotion and the adventures they share on Hamad's journey ...

  • Jewels Treasured by Her Family

    Womenself-esteem.com highly recommends Jewels Treasured by Her Family. Filled with a unique reality, imagination & humor, it is a must for readers, young and old. -Dorothy Lafrinere, Editor & Creator of www.womensselfesteem.com I was hooked after the...

  • Arabian Star

    When little Ali is washed out to sea on his home-made raft, who would have thought his life would be saved by a passing oil tanker? Gradually the boy learns about life aboard Star of Arabia, the surveillant crow, the welcoming crew, and the kind Capt...

  • Three Roses for Pearl

    Pearl had not experienced love since when she was a five-year-old girl. That was when her beloved father died, and her childhood became a horrible nightmare. Pearl was made to do things that were out of her control. She ran away from her bad home lif...

  • The Leopard Boy

    Khalid spends his days looking after his uncle's goats. One day he follows the goats higher up the mountain than he has ever been before, only to discover that one of the kids is missing. But he does stumble upon the home of an old man who tells him ...



  • A is for Arabia

    This is a journey through Arabia from A to Z, accompanied along the way by charming illustrations and witty rhymes. It gently introduces children to life in Arabia with pictures and words. This is a perfect gift for any child between the ages of four...

  • Humpy Grumpy Saves the Day!

    In another engaging poem from Julia Johnson, illustrated with Emily Style's distinctive watercolours, Humpy the camel crosses the desert and shows his bravery in a crisis. This book of illustrated verse is suitable as a reading book for children aged...

  • Saluki, Hound of the Bedouin

    This captivating tale recounts the mutual devotion of the young Bedouin boy Hamad and his Saluki hound, as the former journeys to adulthood. Julia Johnson has done much to keep alive the stories of the Bedouin and their way of life and to bring them ...

  • Tanker to the Rescue

    When little Ali is washed out to sea on his home-made raft, who would have thought his life would be saved by a passing oil tanker? Gradually the boy learns about life aboard Star of Arabia: the surveillant crow, the welcoming crew and the kind Capta...

  • Humpy Grumpy Saves the Day

    Everyone knows Humpy Grumpy - he's a celebrity in Dubai and far beyond After his cameo appearance in A is for Arabia and his adventures with his friends in One Humpy Grumpy Camel, Humpy now has a book for him all to himself! Told in Julia Johnson's e...

  • Humpy Grumpy's Mission Improbable

    The wild adventures of the popular Humpy Grumpy camel continue in Humpy Grumpy's Mission Improbable! Humpy loves the movies and dreams of being an action star - driving fast cars, scaling tall buildings and catching criminals. One day all his wishes ...

  • Ubuntu

    As the moon rises over the African Savannah, a young girl called Thembile and her father, a wildlife ranger, are out patrolling through the night on horseback. They hear the heart-rendering cries of a terrified rhino calf, and find him shivering besi...

  • The Old Man and His Donkey

    Abu and his donkey have been together for as long as anyone can remember. Everyday they bring water to the village in the mountains, and every day the villagers are waiting for them, ready to fill their pots. Sometimes the donkey carries firewood, so...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julia Johnson has published 17 books.

Julia Johnson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Old Man and His Donkey, was published in March 2017.

The first book by Julia Johnson, The Pearl Diver, was published in September 2003.

No. Julia Johnson does not write books in series.
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