Mariana Ruiz Johnson

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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2014
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Book List in Order: 4 titles

  • I Know a Bear

    In this touching, hopeful story that reads like a modern classic, a young girl befriends a bear in the zoo. He comes from far, far away, a place he calls the Land of the Bears, where the food is sweet and the land is vast. It is a wondrous home, wher...

  • While You Are Sleeping

    While you are sleeping, does the rest of the world sleep, too? Not everyone. In this dreamy book, which won the 2015 Silent Book Contest at the prestigious Bologna Children's Book Fair, Mariana Ruiz Johnson conjures up the ordinary yet extraordin...

  • The Book that Kibo Wrote

    One night under the acacia trees, Kibo writes a story about home. His neighbor Naki reads his words, binds them into a book, and brings it to the city. There Camilo devours Kibo’s story, remembering his childhood in the savannah. The next day he sh...

  • The Most Delicious Soup and Other Stories

    "A comparison can be made to Richard Scarry’s famous Busytown books; there’s always something going on in each corner of the picture." —School Library Journal  Welcome to the Village of Villa Verde where there are a...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mariana Ruiz Johnson has published 4 books.

Mariana Ruiz Johnson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Most Delicious Soup and Other Stories, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Mariana Ruiz Johnson, I Know a Bear, was published in September 2014.

No. Mariana Ruiz Johnson does not write books in series.
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