Johnson started to read from Rylant’s extensive library of children’s books. One of her charges was a little boy whose mother was Cynthia Rylant, author of many successful children’s books including the Henry and Mudge series. “I was afraid I wouldn’t write if I got my degree I’d go right into teaching.” In the mid-80s, Johnson supported herself as a nanny. Johnson grew up in a loving, supportive family-a family that worried when Johnson left Kent State to write just before receiving her degree, but who never called her desire a pipe dream. I want kids to be able to pick up a book and see kids.caring about each other.” “When you leave the house at eighteen.the reason you’re going to be a wonderful adult and maybe have children of your own or make the world a better place is because you left the house feeling like somebody loved you.I like for the children in my books to love each other. But the enduring theme in Johnson’s work is love. Her tight writing style breathes life into charming characters with a variety of dilemmas that speak to children across cultural lines. Angela Johnson packs a whopping dose of feeling into her award-winning picture books, novels and poetry.
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