author
Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
1863–1931
Best known for creating the beloved Little Colonel books, this American writer helped shape children's fiction at the turn of the 20th century. Her stories of family life, friendship, and growing up found a wide audience and later inspired a Shirley Temple film.
37 Audiobooks
Big Brother
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Cicely and Other Stories
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Georgina of the Rainbows
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel's House Party
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Gate of the Giant Scissors
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Rescue of the Princess Winsome: A Fairy Play for Old and Young
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
In League with Israel: A Tale of the Chattanooga Conference
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Joel: A Boy of Galilee
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
In the Desert of Waiting: The Legend of Camel-back Mountain
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel's Holidays
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Jester's Sword How Aldebaran, the King's Son Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Songs Ysame
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston, Albion Fellows Bacon
The Story of the Red Cross as told to The Little Colonel
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Ole Mammy's Torment
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Story of Dago
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Mary Ware in Texas
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Georgina of the Rainbows
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Flip's "Islands of Providence"
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Two Little Knights of Kentucky
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel in Arizona
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Mary Ware's Promised Land
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Travelers Five Along Life's Highway Jimmy, Gideon Wiggan, the Clown, Wexley Snathers, Bap. Sloan
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Georgina's Service Stars
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Legend of the Bleeding-heart
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Keeping Tryst: A Tale of King Arthur's Time
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel's Hero
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Mildred's Inheritance; Just Her Way; Ann's Own Way
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories
by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
About the author
Born in Evansville, Indiana, on May 15, 1863, Annie Fellows Johnston became a popular American author of children's fiction. She is most closely associated with The Little Colonel series, which began in 1895 and grew into one of her best-known achievements.
Johnston wrote for young readers during a period when series fiction was reaching a large national audience. Reliable sources describe her as the author of dozens of books, and note that many of her works drew on people and places she knew, especially in Kentucky. Her storytelling often centered on childhood, manners, and everyday emotional life in a way that appealed strongly to readers of her time.
She died in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, on October 5, 1931. Her work remained visible afterward through the lasting popularity of the Little Colonel stories, including their connection to the 1935 film adaptation The Little Colonel.