Books with author J.M. Johnson

Just because everyone else thinks you should be over it, doesn’t mean you are.Last year, Sarah’s best friend Jamie died in a freak accident. Back then, everyone was sad; now they’re ready for Sarah to get over it and move on. But Sarah’s not ready to move on. She can’t stop reliving what happened, struggling with guilt, questioning the meaning of life, and missing her best friend. Life just seems random: no pattern, no meaning, no rules―and no reason to bother.In a last-ditch effort to pull it together, Sarah befriends Jamie’s twin brother Emmett, who may be the only other person who understands what she’s lost. And when she gets a job working for the local eccentric who owns a Christmas tree farm, she finally begins to understand the threads that connect us all, the benefit of giving people a chance, and the power of love.Critically-acclaimed author J.J. Johnson gives readers a powerful look at the later stages of grief when the rest of the world has seemingly moved on.

Santa’s Guide to Not Being Naughty, But Nice is a short and sweet guide, or advice book for children about ways in which one can get on Santa’s Nice List. Sure to get you and your young reader into the Christmas spirit, as it showcases Christmas themed art from diverse graphic artists. A book of about 25 pages, this book features the following vocabulary enhancing words: undoubtedly, redeem, obey, lecturing, polite, participate, chores, enemies, opposed and therefore. A great book to get your child headed in the right direction, from being naughty to being nice…It is undoubtedly truethat Santa checks his list twiceto see who’s been naughtyand who’s been niceBOOK TRAILER: https://youtu.be/mJgq8eK8CKAWHAT INSPIRED THIS BOOK?Santa Claus of course and how best to get on his not so naughty list.WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?The advice, the lessons, -something I think kids and parents can relate to. But no worries, it’s short and sweet and not too preachy, so it shouldn’t read like a lecture.WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY?To do the right thing. Santa’s always watching.WHAT CHILDREN’S BOOKS INSPIRED YOU?“Dr. Seuss”, “Santa’s Underwear”, “Pete the Cat”, “The Bad Seed”, “Bad Kitty”, “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?”, “The Day the Crayons Quit”, “Grumpy Monkey”, “Dragons Love Tacos”, “I Need a New Butt”, “The Wonkey Donkey”, “Giraffes Can’t Dance”, “Ricky, the Rock that Couldn’t Roll”, “Splat the Cat”…WHAT ARE THE GENRES OF YOUR E-BOOK?Christmas, Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Education, Santa, BehaviorPlease note all children’s books are written to enhance your child’s vocabulary. Advanced words should render the question, “What does that mean?” from your daughter or son. Images in books come from a multitude of graphic artists and photographers to add graphic diversity. Ages for children’s books range from 3 years of age to adult age, or grown-ups who are children at heart. Each story told offers a moral or bit of wisdom and is often told in poetic fashion.The benefits of reading for children are many, and in support of this I’d like to showcase e-books for you and your child, whether they are an ardent reader or young enough to be read to, it’s important you or they do. If there are any children’s books you’d like to see written, especially for your child, please let me know. More children’s books are coming soon.If you enjoy this title, be sure to check out the authors other 60 plus book hits, and be sure to leave a review.ABOUT THE AUTHORM.D. Johnson is a poet, playwright, author, and blogger. She has a BA in English and a Masters of Management in Business. She currently resides in San Diego, CA, though a southerner. She’s a mother and wife who enjoys crafting, writing and gritty, action packed movies and TV series.WEBSITE: http://maryannesbookshelf.com

The Day Cupid Lost His ArrowsIs a story of theft, love and romance, both humorous and witty, just in time for Valentine’s Day, with a moral about thievery and how it can blow up in one’s face, starring a couple of foxes, Cupid and a skunk. A book of about 50 pages, vocabulary enhancing words showcased in this book include: frantic, panic, quandary, solicit, diagonal, displayed, claimed, heartless, distant, sly, lapse, evade, inquired, pouted, witnessed, crush, figured, borrow, guilty, hesitation, rascal, distraught, funky, reverse, karma, shrugged, irreversible, gloom, disbelief, patience, smitten, eagerly, romance, compliment, competition, jealous, woo, swooped, irresistible, distraction, overwhelming, affection, guru, advice, property, foul and advise.The images are colorful and interesting, compiled from a plethora of graphic artists for visual diversity. If you enjoyed this book be sure to check out other Valentine’s Day themed books by author M.D. Johnson to include: The Lost Heart, The Love Cooties, A Girl’s Guide to Love, If You Give a Heart a Rainbow, I Love You More, The Runaway Heart, The Funny Valentine, Seas of Love, & The Heart Knows.The day Cupid lost his arrowsHe went into a frantic panic“Oh dear, where ever did I lose them?Where could they possibly be?”was his quandary. WHAT INSPIRED THIS BOOK?The whole idea of a winged angel shooting arrows to make people fall in love, in short, -Cupid.WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?The moral about thievery and stealing…WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY?I hope to make them giggle a little.WHAT CHILDREN’S BOOKS INSPIRED YOU?“Dr. Seuss”, “Santa’s Underwear”, “Pete the Cat”, “The Bad Seed”, “Bad Kitty”, “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?”, “The Day the Crayons Quit”, “Grumpy Monkey”, “Dragons Love Tacos”, “I Need a New Butt”, “The Wonkey Donkey”, “Giraffes Can’t Dance”, “Ricky, the Rock that Couldn’t Roll”, “Splat the Cat”…WHAT ARE THE GENRES OF YOUR E-BOOK?AnimalsHumorFolktales/ FairytalesGraphic NovelsHolidays & CelebrationsFantasyGrowing Up & Facts of LifeEarly LearningEducationNaturePlease note all children’s books are written to enhance your child’s vocabulary. Advanced words should render the question, “What does that mean?” from your daughter or son. Images in books come from a multitude of graphic artists and photographers to add graphic diversity. Ages for children’s books range from 3 years of age to adult age, or grown-ups who are children at heart. Each story told offers a moral or bit of wisdom and is often told in poetic fashion. The benefits of reading for children are many, and in support of this I’d like to showcase e-books for you and your child, whether they are an ardent reader or young enough to be read to, it’s important you or they do. If there are any children’s books you’d like to see written, especially for your child, please let me know. More children’s books are coming soon. If you enjoy this title, be sure to check out the authors other 60 plus book hits, and be sure to leave a review.ABOUT THE AUTHORM.D. Johnson is a poet, playwright, author, and blogger. She has a BA in English and a Masters of Management in Business. She currently resides in San Diego, CA, though a southerner. She’s a mother and wife who enjoys crafting, writing and gritty, action packed movies and TV series.WEBSITE: http://maryannesbookshelf.com

Spooky Spook's Big Scare is a great Halloween oriented story for kids, just in time for the holiday. Be sure to check out other children's books by author M.D. Johnson, to include:Alienation of the Alien NationBeastly’s Greatest FearBuddha’s GardenBug CityCat for HireThe Love CootiesBeautiful DreamerA Penny for Your ThoughtsInteresting Facts About Polar BearsThe Potty MouthThe Potato Who Dared to Be MoreWicked Wisdom: Monsters Words of Wisdom: Advice to Live ByThe Case of the Fallen Candy CaneTeddy-ku: Teddy Bear HaikuJive Turkey’s 12 Dishes of ThanksgivingAnd many more...

Halloween & Creepy Things is an ode to all the memorable Halloween characters we have come to know and love to get your young one in the Halloween spirit! It comes complete with a Cause & effect Bonus story that is rather comical. Multiple graphic artists works have been displayed throughout the book for artistic diversity. This book may be best suited for 4 to 7 year old children. Vocabulary enhancing words showcased in this book include:Lurks, quiver, ignite, pale, ghastly, illusions, abhorrent, provoking, gruesomely, vile, deceptively, reap, gauze, trickling, frightful, effect, dashing, devilishly, distraction, exquisitely, exceptionally, buzz, and notion.If you enjoy this book, be sure to check out the author’s other Halloween book hits to include: Halloween Happy, Spooky Spook’s Big Scare, Monster Mayhem, The Headless Horseman’s New Head, Broomhilda’s New Broom, The Halloween Queen, Counting on Halloween, Broom Hilda Goes House Hunting, Spookyville and The Not So Haunted House!ABOUT THE AUTHORM.D. Johnson is a poet, playwright, author, and blogger. She has a BA in English and a Masters of Management in Business. She currently resides in San Diego, CA, though a southerner. She’s a mother and wife who enjoys crafting, writing and gritty, action packed movies and TV series.WEBSITE: http://maryannesbookshelf.com

Counting On Halloween is a 36 page children’s book just in time for Halloween. This book is intended for early readers learning to count. This book will get your young one in the spirit of Halloween and help them count from 1 to 31. Vocabulary enhancing words include:Wicked CreepyDeliciousSkeletonWitch Spiders Jack-o-lanternsSkullMariachi PumpkinsCauldronOctoberSkeletons Fancy GraveyardGravestonesHalloween GhostInciting BalesStaring Pitch ForksCharactersAutumnVampire SilhouettesTheatre PerformingBoutique Monsters Swamp FallImages showcased in this book come from a variety of graphic artists for visual diversity. Encourage your child to count the images on the page to improve their counting ability. Ask them to describe and identify what they see and to ask you questions regarding what they don’t understand to enhance learning. WHAT INSPIRED THIS BOOK? My love of Halloween!WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?Page 10 & 27!WHY DO YOU WANT TO SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? I hope to get kids in the spirit of Halloween and get them counting!WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY?An advanced vocabulary and the ability to count easily to 31!WHAT CHILDREN’S BOOKS INSPIRED YOU?“Room On The Broom”, “Dr. Seuss”, “Santa’s Underwear”, “Pete the Cat”, “The Bad Seed”, “Bad Kitty”, “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?”, “The Day the Crayons Quit”, “Grumpy Monkey”, “Dragons Love Tacos”, “I Need a New Butt”, “The Wonkey Donkey”, “Giraffes Can’t Dance”, “Ricky, the Rock that Couldn’t Roll”, “Splat the Cat”, The Berenstain Bears Book Series, “Garfield”…WHAT ARE THE GENRES OF YOUR E-BOOKS?HalloweenAnimalsAction & AdventureHumorFolktales/ FairytalesComicsGraphic NovelsHolidays & CelebrationsChristmasThanksgivingValentine’s DayEasterGeography & CultureFantasyScary StoriesGrowing Up & Facts of LifeEarly LearningEducationNaturePlease note all children’s books are written to enhance your child’s vocabulary. Advanced words should render the question, “What does that mean?” from your daughter or son. Images in books come from a multitude of graphic artists and photographers to add graphic diversity. Ages for children’s books range from 3 years of age to adult age, or grown-ups who are children at heart. Each story told offers a moral or bit of wisdom and is often told in poetic fashion. The benefits of reading for children are many, and in support of this I’d like to showcase e-books for you and your child, whether they are an ardent reader or young enough to be read to, it’s important you or they do. If there are any children’s books you’d like to see written, especially for your child, please let me know. More children’s books are coming soon. If you enjoy this title, be sure to check out the authors other 60 plus book hits, and be sure to leave a review.ABOUT THE AUTHORM.D. Johnson is a poet, playwright, author, and blogger. She has a BA in English and a Masters of Management in Business. She currently resides in San Diego, CA, though a southerner. She’s a mother and wife who enjoys crafting, writing and gritty, action packed movies and TV series.WEBSITE: http://maryannesbookshelf.comBOOK TRAILER: https://youtu.be/pIUdPInnKy0

Counting on Christmas is a children’s book for children learning how to count. It follows a Christmas theme and counts from 1 to 25, sure to get you and your early reader and counter into the Christmas spirit, as graphics encompassing everything from Christmas trees to Santa Claus are presented from a variety of graphic artists. About 30 pages long, vocabulary enhancing words include: spectacles, alternative, deliver, chilling, stroll, glee, dazzling, scrumptious, fog, merry, decorations, satisfy, poinsettia, brightly, freshen, spirit, yeti, ornaments, and sparkling. A cute, fun and whimsical read!Oh, the spectaclesYou can seeCome this Christmas,Come count with me!BOOK TRAILER: https://youtu.be/zlLgvnh03-0WHAT INSPIRED THIS BOOK?Christmas and wanting to get into the spirit.WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?Honestly, I like the concept, it’s reminiscent of the song: “On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…” Counting in a Christmas setting tends to get you in the mood for Christmas… I also like the title, because it has two meanings, that we depend on Christmas and of course, as this book suggests: counting, -1, 2, 3, etc. -on Christmas…WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY?Basic counting and identification and of course the spirit of Christmas.WHAT CHILDREN’S BOOKS INSPIRED YOU?“Dr. Seuss”, “Santa’s Underwear”, “Pete the Cat”, “The Bad Seed”, “Bad Kitty”, “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?”, “The Day the Crayons Quit”, “Grumpy Monkey”, “Dragons Love Tacos”, “I Need a New Butt”, “The Wonkey Donkey”, “Giraffes Can’t Dance”, “Ricky, the Rock that Couldn’t Roll”, “Splat the Cat”…WHAT ARE THE GENRES OF YOUR E-BOOK?Christmas, Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Education, Counting, NumbersPlease note all children’s books are written to enhance your child’s vocabulary. Advanced words should render the question, “What does that mean?” from your daughter or son. Images in books come from a multitude of graphic artists and photographers to add graphic diversity. Ages for children’s books range from 3 years of age to adult age, or grown-ups who are children at heart. Each story told offers a moral or bit of wisdom and is often told in poetic fashion.The benefits of reading for children are many, and in support of this I’d like to showcase e-books for you and your child, whether they are an ardent reader or young enough to be read to, it’s important you or they do. If there are any children’s books you’d like to see written, especially for your child, please let me know. More children’s books are coming soon.If you enjoy this title, be sure to check out the authors other 60 plus book hits, and be sure to leave a review.ABOUT THE AUTHORM.D. Johnson is a poet, playwright, author, and blogger. She has a BA in English and a Masters of Management in Business. She currently resides in San Diego, CA, though a southerner. She’s a mother and wife who enjoys crafting, writing and gritty, action packed movies and TV series.WEBSITE: http://maryannesbookshelf.com

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Socrates is one of the ancient Greeks that everyone has heard of. He is responsible, more than any other individual, for adding a new urgency and vigour to the fundamental questions we ask about our own lives. Socrates, it turns out, was always rather mysterious, and intentionally so. He was more interested in making people think than in telling them what to think. Part of the Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts series, this book helps readers to discover the original Socrates.

The Runaway HeartIs a tale of a heart on the run, told poetically to enhance your child’s rhyming ability. A book of about 25 pages, vocabulary enhancing words showcased in this book include: dedicated, furiously, mushy, geeks, dignity, sentimental, circulating, exchanged, refuses, lonesome, strike, escape, throttle, dizzy, imagined, attraction, strangest, evade, and reigned. It’s both humorous and entertaining, just in time for Valentine’s day and showcases graphics from an array of diverse graphic artists. If you enjoyed this book be sure to check out other Valentine’s Day themed books by author M.D. Johnson to include: The Lost Heart, The Love Cooties, A Girl’s Guide to Love, If You Give a Heart a Rainbow, I Love You More, The Day Cupid Lost His Arrows, The Funny Valentine, Seas of Love, & The Heart Knows.This book is dedicated to those on the run from love… May you run fast and may you run far, and fall furiously in love!WHAT INSPIRED THIS BOOK?How we try to evade and avoid love, but no matter what, it always seems to find us. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?The overall theme.WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY?That our children know it’s okay to love.WHAT CHILDREN’S BOOKS INSPIRED YOU?“Dr. Seuss”, “Santa’s Underwear”, “Pete the Cat”, “The Bad Seed”, “Bad Kitty”, “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do you Hear?”, “The Day the Crayons Quit”, “Grumpy Monkey”, “Dragons Love Tacos”, “I Need a New Butt”, “The Wonkey Donkey”, “Giraffes Can’t Dance”, “Ricky, the Rock that Couldn’t Roll”, “Splat the Cat”…WHAT ARE THE GENRES OF YOUR E-BOOK?HumorFolktales/ FairytalesGraphic NovelsHolidays & CelebrationsFantasyGrowing Up & Facts of LifeEarly LearningEducationNaturePlease note all children’s books are written to enhance your child’s vocabulary. Advanced words should render the question, “What does that mean?” from your daughter or son. Images in books come from a multitude of graphic artists and photographers to add graphic diversity. Ages for children’s books range from 3 years of age to adult age, or grown-ups who are children at heart. Each story told offers a moral or bit of wisdom and is often told in poetic fashion. The benefits of reading for children are many, and in support of this I’d like to showcase e-books for you and your child, whether they are an ardent reader or young enough to be read to, it’s important you or they do. If there are any children’s books you’d like to see written, especially for your child, please let me know. More children’s books are coming soon. If you enjoy this title, be sure to check out the authors other 60 plus book hits, and be sure to leave a review.ABOUT THE AUTHORM.D. Johnson is a poet, playwright, author, and blogger. She has a BA in English and a Masters of Management in Business. She currently resides in San Diego, CA, though a southerner. She’s a mother and wife who enjoys crafting, writing and gritty, action packed movies and TV series.WEBSITE: http://maryannesbookshelf.com

What happens when a girl, homeschooled by her counterculture mother, decides to spend her senior year in public school? First friendship, first love―and first encounters with the complexities of authority and responsibility.Evie is different. Not just her upbringing―though that’s certainly been unusual―but also her mindset. She’s smart, independent, confident, opinionated, and ready to take on a new challenge: The Institution of School.It doesn’t take this homeschooled kid long to discover that high school is a whole new world, and not in the way she expected. It’s also a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn. Not one to sit idly by, Evie sets out to make changes. Big changes. The movement she starts takes off, but when her plan begins spiraling out of control, Evie is forced to come to terms with a world she is only just beginning to comprehend.J.J. Johnson’s powerful debut novel will enthrall readers as it challenges assumptions about friendship, rules, boundaries, and power.