Books with author Matt Johnson

The Worm & The Snail tells a story of how 2 rejected kids in the insect kingdom, use the very thing they are despised for to win their bullies and non-fans over as friends. Sometimes what makes us different or abnormal makes us unique and is a strength in due time.Be sure to check out other children's books titles by M.D. Johnson, to include: Alienation of the Alien Nation Beastly’s Greatest Fear Buddha’s Garden Bug City Cat for Hire The Love Cooties Kawaii Coloring Book Beautiful Dreamer A Penny for Your Thoughts Interesting Facts About Polar Bears The Potty Mouth The Potato Who Dared to Be More Wicked Wisdom: Monsters Words of Wisdom: Advice to Live By The Case of the Fallen Candy Cane Teddy-ku: Teddy Bear Haiku Jive Turkey’s 12 Dishes of Thanksgiving And many more...Website: http://maryannesbookshelf.com/childrens-corner/

In the land of Northern Shala, the dark wizard Premier raised an army of foul creatures from the Wastelands and led them against the ancient guardian city of Alexandria. Hellsfire, a young farmhand turned apprentice wizard, defeated Premier and saved Alexandria, but not before the battle claimed his mentor’s life.Hellsfire, now a full-fledged wizard, must finish what he started by hunting down Premier and seizing the source of the wizard’s dark power and corruption—the Book of Shazul. He must travel deep into the Wastelands, through Premier’s home territory, dodging the scattered remnants of a defeated army lusting for blood and vengeance.But beating in the heart of the Wastelands is an ancient power more dangerous than Premier or his creatures—and it’s been waiting for Hellsfire for a thousand years. It will force the young wizard to make a devastating choice—one that could change the course of history not only for Alexandria and the Wastelands, but for all of Northern Shala and the lands beyond. And to save his homeland, Hellsfire may have to lose the person he loves the most.What once was one, will then be two, and never again be whole...

Esther the Wonder Pig meets Little Book of Sloth in this charming true story about the adorable Instagram stars, Pickles the pig and his friend—the hog-turned-hero—Tickles. Pickles the Pig (@LivingwithPickles) has been featured on The Dodo, Inside Edition, and People!Pickles is a pig, rescued as a wee one and now living it up at his forever home. But one day Pickles becomes very sick. His only hope? One big sow with an even bigger heart on a faraway farm…but will she get to Pickles in time? Learn the true story about one extraordinary pig and his savior in this inspiring photographic picture book!

The giraffe is the world's tallest animal and also one of the most unusual with its long legs and neck.Giraffes are only found in Africa, although millions of years ago they were found on other continents too.Deborah Sykes brings you a comprehensive list of facts about giraffes, including behavior, anatomy and the food they eat.Reading a long book can often be overwhelming for a young person, but Sykes gives you important and interesting facts about the giraffe in 51 easy to understand segments with many illustrations.We hope the facts in our book will fascinate you and encourage you to find out more about these remarkable animals.This book is suitable for the age of 8 and above.Chapters:* Introduction* Evolution and History* Anatomy* Habitat* Senses* Feeding & Drinking* Behavior* Baby Giraffes* Movement* Assorted Giraffe Facts

World affairs were deteriorating as the autumn courtship letters of Walter and Margaret came to a close. In this winter sequel, which begins shortly after their Christmas engagement, the cattle and potato markets flounder. Walter’s fledgling farming operation is jeopardized, and his wedding plans are tabled as he searches for meaning in God’s perplexing will. Troubling concerns naturally arise. Margaret struggles to know her soulmate’s feelings when her own are astir leading her to question Walter’s desire for her and God’s will for her life. Both are children of the horrors of the Great War and the following Great Depression. When the Nazis drive into Austria, Walter and Margaret find themselves pondering scriptures for insights on which to ground their faith in God and in each other. As they share their insights, they witness to a faith that carries them through each struggle as it arises. Although Walter and Margaret are two individuals going about two very ordinary lives, both are caught up in a desire to understand and find meaning in their lives as well as in the news. It is not surprising that they point out and comment on many issues and events with which we can all identify. Hopefully, my reflections on how their understandings later played out in their lives and mine will aid readers in gaining a deeper insight into their own. That may be the sole benefit of this book for some. Other readers will also be caught up in the three pivotal issues raised in the letters: our fundamental sources of truth, the coming world order, and the early understandings surrounding the resurrection of Jesus. These issues cut across national boundaries. Their significance touches many. Our views on these issues shape our institutions and occasionally create deep divides. For that reason, we usually avoid discussing them in polite conversation. Yet, as these letters document, they lurk and easily surface.

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 just ready for Sarah to get over it and move on. But Sarah’s not ready. She can’t stop reliving what happened, struggling with guilt, questioning the meaning of life, and missing her best friend. Her grades are plummeting, her relationships are falling apart, and her normal voice seems to have been replaced with a snark box. 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.

Kids have wild imaginations: monsters under their beds, ghosts, the boogeyman, and everything in between.But sometimes, you have to stop and suspend your disbelief for a minute. The unthinkable may just be true for once.Iggy Risner is your typical wise-cracking twelve-year-old. When his younger brother, Oz, wakes him in the middle of the night claiming he heard a monster in the attic, Iggy takes him upstairs to prove him wrong. But instead of a flesh-eating beast, they discover hundreds of their plastic toy dinosaurs that have mysteriously come to life.When the dinos escape the attic and start terrorizing young kids in the neighborhood and trampling flower beds, somehow Iggy, Oz, and their friends must catch the plastic dinos of doom before the damage escalates. But what do you do when your parents doubt your story, and a group of clueless neighborhood bullies stand in the way?For Iggy and Oz, catching the little beasts may prove to be easier said than done.Iggy & Oz - The Plastic Dinos of Doom will make your child's imagination soar and make the hair behind their necks stand on end as they read on.Order your copy today and get in on the adventure!

In his memoir and writer’s mosaic, debuting author Mark Johnson searches for answers after his mother dies. He leaves behind his corporate job in his mid-fifties and soon discovers a love for writing and nature across three generations of his family. In each chapter, he weaves together more than fifty years of diary accounts from his grandfather’s North Carolina farm, his mother’s encouraging and wisdom-filled letters from her complicated life, and his own narrative as a gay man coming to terms with his past and his grief. Mark leads you on a writer’s journey to reawaken his artistic sensibilities, remember the important people and moments in his life, and rediscover his southern roots. From Fertile Ground examines our human desire to make sense of our heritage, find our own path, and leave our mark on the world. Born in St. Louis, Mark Johnson graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1979. He built a multi-faceted career as a communication professional before retiring and beginning a new chapter in 2014. Mark and his husband Tom divide their time between the Chicago area and Scottsdale, Arizona.

Asking for help is only the first step.Jennifer can’t go on like this―binging, purging, starving, and all while trying to appear like she’s got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel Tuke Center, her journey is only beginning.As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationship with food, and friends, and family―and how each is healthy or unhealthy. She has to learn to trust herself and her own instincts, but that’s easier than it sounds. She has to believe―after many years of being a believarexic.Using her trademark dark humor and powerful emotion, J. J. Johnson tells an inspiring story based on her own experience when she was hospitalized for an eating disorder as a teenager. The innovative format using blank verse and prose, changes in tense and voice, and forms, workbooks, and journal entries mirror Jennifer’s progress toward a healthy body and mind.

Broom Hilda Goes House HuntingIs a book about a witch on the hunt for the perfect house to make a home. This book tries to defy stereotypes and introduce your child to the idea of buying a house based on the environment. It is a book of about 30 pages and infuses humor and wit and incorporates the following vocabulary enhancing words: published, rumor, realized, edible, practical, realtor, real estate, dungeon, isolated, borrow, creepiness, pity, suburbs, nuisance, befitting, hospitable, quality and zone.The images are colorful and interesting, compiled from a plethora of graphic artists for visual diversity. If your child loves Halloween themed books incorporating witches, jack-o-lantern’s, werewolves and the like, be sure to check out other theme related titles by author M.D. Johnson: Monster Mayhem, Spooky Spook’s Big Scare, What to Be for Halloween, Trickin’ For Treats, The Great Pumpkin Patch Family Reunion, Trick or Treat, The Frightfully Good Night before Halloween, and The Hauntingly Horrific 12 Days of Halloween.Since Hansel and Gretel ate me out of house and home and published that nasty rumor that I tried to eat them,I realized I needed to move…WHAT INSPIRED THIS BOOK?I thought about stereotypes and wanted to defy the idea of them a bit. There are places we’d expect a witch to live, but maybe witches are adaptable…WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?The concept. You hear about witches in a lot of stories, how they live in the deep forest or a gingerbread house, or the swamp or a castle. I just wanted to let the world know that witches (and anyone for that matter), have different tastes, no matter who they are. We shouldn’t have to live in the shadow of a stereotype. I also thought introducing kids to the idea of real estate would be odd, funny and educational… WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY?Not to stereotype anyone. Realize witches (and all kinds of beings) live in all kinds of places. 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 & CelebrationsFantasyScary 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.com

The Rotten Easter EggJust in time for Easter, this book embraces the concept as the old adage goes, “One man’s chicken is another man’s steak,” -but only referencing eggs here, with the central point that just because you don’t like something, doesn’t mean others won’t. It is a short and sweet book of about 20 pages which incorporates the following vocabulary enhancing words: rotten, intolerable, foul, scavenging, unsightly, dared, frightfully, gruesome, delight, creature, judge, cherish and claim.The images are vibrantly colorful and appealing, compiled from a plethora of graphic artists for visual diversity. If your child loves Easter themed books, be sure to check out other theme related titles by author M.D. Johnson: The Day the Easter Bunny Caught the Flu, The Bunny with No Money. The rotten egg was an intolerable sight.It was foul,It was smelly,And it didn’t look very bright…WHAT INSPIRED THIS BOOK?Easter, and the idea of how children can be so selective when on an Easter egg hunt that they may abandon certain colored eggs because they don’t like the color, design or pattern… Perhaps they are missing out…WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?The concept and page 13.WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY?That just because you find something particularly unappealing, someone else is apt to like it, so why not try new things, sometimes things you dislike may grow on you…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”, “Frog & Toad”, “The Berenstain Bears”…WHAT ARE THE GENRES OF YOUR E-BOOKS?HumorFolktales/ FairytalesGraphic NovelsHolidays & CelebrationsFantasyScary StoriesGrowing Up & Facts of LifeEarly LearningEducationNatureFinancePlease 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

It’s time I defied the stereotypical fairytale mumbo jumbo stories of witches being evil, being green, having warts, eating children and so on and so on. I’ll tell you the number one secret spell to good cookin’ is slow cookin’, which can best be achieved with a crock pot, no need for a cauldron, maybe in the days of old, but to let the steam and heat slowly cook a meal in a big pot helps soften and simmer in the spices, and truth be told you can cook anything in a crock pot, from meat to cakes, not just stews. Here’s to defying ancient tall tales and stereotypes; my name may be Broom Hilda, but I’m only wicked in the kitchen, just check out the recipes I present in this book entitled: Broom Hilda the Witches’ Wicked Kitchen Cauldron Cook Book! Plug in your crock pots and put on your favorite pair of comfortable shoes, you know the ones, with the curly pointed tips, and don’t forget your pointy hats as well with the wide brims…Book Trailers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAFWBUdAX9Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbG5XFHopzMYou might also want to check out my compadres works:Chef Wolfie's Hair Raising Hot PlatesChef Wolfina's Howling Halloween Holiday DelightsZiegfried the Zombie's Good Eats GuideSpencer Spider's Succulent Salads Cook BookSkinny Bone Jone's Culinary DelightsScarey Crow's Straw Berry Scares Cook BookJack O. Lantern's Pumpkin Platter Cook BookMr. Hoot's Mystery Foods Cook BookJack O. Lantern's Pumpkin Platter Cook BookMr. Mummies Wrapped Up YummiesMr. Monster's Midnight Munchies Cook BookThe Headless Horseman's Hauntingly Delicious DelicaciesThe Grim Reaper's Last Minute MealsGabe the Ghost's Spookingly Ghoulish Goodies Cook BookFrankie Stein's Franks N' Weenies Dish DelightsLou Saffir's Devilishly Delicious EatsChef Dracula's Bloody Red Vampire Cook BookChristopher Corpse's Culinary Cook BookBlack Kitty's Culinary Cat-Nippies Cook BookBilly Bob Bat’s Wonderful Wingz Cook Book