Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers |
1997 |
Buy |
| Love and Sex |
2001 |
Buy |
| One Hot Second: Stories About Desire |
2002 |
Buy |
| Tripping Over the Lunch Lady |
2004 |
Buy |
| Half-Minute Horrors |
2009 |
Buy |
| Monsters, Movies & Mayhem |
2020 |
Buy |
Children’s Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tell Me A Story Mama |
1989 |
Buy |
| Do Like Kyla |
1990 |
Buy |
| When I Am Old With You |
1990 |
Buy |
| One Of Three |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Leaving Morning |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Girl Who Wore Snakes |
1993 |
Buy |
| Joshua By The Sea |
1994 |
Buy |
| Mama Bird, Baby Birds |
1994 |
Buy |
| Joshua’s Night Whispers |
1994 |
Buy |
| Rain Feet |
1994 |
Buy |
| Shoes Like Miss Alice’s |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Aunt in Our House |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Rolling Store |
1997 |
Buy |
| Daddy Calls Me Man |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Wedding |
1999 |
Buy |
| Down on the Winding Road |
2000 |
Buy |
| Those Building Men |
2001 |
Buy |
| I Dream of Trains |
2003 |
Buy |
| Just Like Josh Gibson |
2004 |
Buy |
| Violet’s Music |
2004 |
Buy |
| A Sweet Smell of Roses |
2005 |
Buy |
| Wind Flyers |
2007 |
Buy |
| Lily Brown’s Paintings |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Day Ray Got Away |
2010 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Other Side: Shorter Poems |
1998 |
Buy |
| Gone from Home |
1998 |
Buy |
| Running Back To Ludie |
2001 |
Buy |
Great Works Classroom Resource 4th-8th Grade Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tuck Everlasting |
2014 |
Buy |
| Bud, Not Buddy |
2014 |
Buy |
| Holes |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Giver |
2014 |
Buy |
| My Brother Sam Is Dead |
2014 |
Buy |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins |
2014 |
Buy |
| Hatchet |
2014 |
Buy |
| Bridge to Terabithia |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Dark Is Rising |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
2015 |
Buy |
| Maniac Magee |
2015 |
Buy |
| Dragonwings |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Hunger Games |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Crossover |
2016 |
Buy |
| Esperanza Rising |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Westing Game |
2018 |
Buy |
Heaven Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Heaven |
1998 |
Buy |
| To Heaven and Back |
1995 |
N/A |
| The First Part Last |
2003 |
Buy |
| Sweet, Hereafter |
2009 |
Buy |
Lottie Paris Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lottie Paris Lives Here |
2011 |
Buy |
| Lottie Paris and the Best Place |
2013 |
Buy |
Magnolia Street Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street |
1998 |
Buy |
| When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street |
2000 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Baking with Mrs Bun the Baker |
2018 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Toning the Sweep |
1993 |
Buy |
| Songs of Faith |
1998 |
Buy |
| Looking for Red |
2002 |
Buy |
| A Cool Moonlight |
2003 |
Buy |
| Bird |
2004 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Humming Whispers |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Certain October |
2012 |
Buy |
Angela Johnson is an American author who has written picture books, middle grade novels, young adult fiction, and poetry. Her best-known work is the Heaven trilogy, which includes Heaven (1998), The First Part Last (2003), and Sweet, Hereafter (2009). She has won three Coretta Scott King Awards and received a MacArthur Fellowship.
Johnson’s picture books for younger readers include Tell Me A Story Mama, When I Am Old With You, and many others. Her writing often focuses on African American families and communities, with a quiet, lyrical style that has earned her a loyal readership across age groups.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Angela Johnson written?
Angela Johnson has written 69 books across ten series.
What was Angela Johnson's first book?
Angela Johnson’s first book is Tell Me A Story Mama, published in 1989.
What awards has Angela Johnson won?
Angela Johnson won the Coretta Scott King Award three times: for Toning the Sweep (1994), Heaven (1999), and The First Part Last (2004). She also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003.