Rookie Readers "RM" have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. Every new title contains a Word List and a color-coded reading-level key on the back cover.

Johnson is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. Moving to Chicago over thirty-five years ago, she established a children's theater and continued her teaching career at Hawalton School. She also served as a provisional teacher in the Chicago public schools.