Lorraine F Johnson

In 1914, the British commercial printers Wills & Hepworth embarked on a new publishing venture: the Ladybird Series, a series of cheap and cheerful full-color illustrated children’s books aimed at the growing popular market. The series continued through the early days of World War II, and, in 1940, ...

As we see exotic plants becoming "invasive exotics," gardeners are seeking native plants for their gardens. Plants that withstand regional conditions and weather patterns deliver a hardier garden and require less maintenance. A pioneering book when first published in 1999, this revised edition is ...

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you! America's 3rd largest city is known for its non-stop energy, outstanding architecture, ethnic neighborhoods and cultural life. DK's Eyewitness Travel Guides: Chicago set the standard for the balance of sightseeing, historical and practi...

By returning to the cottonfields, tobacco barns and humble dwellings of her ancestral home in the rural South, author and cultural preservationist Lorraine Johnson-Coleman learned first-hand what is missing from the history books between the pages on slavery and present day African American culture....

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you! America's 3rd largest city is known for its non-stop energy, outstanding architecture, ethnic neighborhoods and cultural life. DK's Eyewitness Travel Guides: Chicago set the standard for the balance of sightseeing, historical and practi...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Toronto is your pocket guide to the very best of the city of Toronto. Whether you're on the hunt for the best restaurants, the loveliest parks and beaches, or activities around Niagara Falls, our Top 10 Travel Guide packs the best of Toronto into one little book. W...

City Farmer celebrates the new ways that urban dwellers across North America are reimagining cities as places of food production. From homeowners planting their front yards with vegetables to guerilla gardeners scattering seeds in neglected urban corners, gardening guru Lorraine Johnson chronicles t...