Books by Lynn Johnston

Through the comic strips and their universal themes of family values in a modern world, this book helps to learn how to talk in Spanish about everyday things: making demands and requests, expressing hope and plans for the future, discussing household chores, going shopping, asking for types of food, exploring relationships, and so on.

Collect the beloved newspaper comic strip that chronicles the saga of the Patterson family in real time, over three decades, in this definitive edition.Romance is in the air as Michael starts dating a girl he hasn’t seen since childhood. Something tells him that she is “the one,” but only if he can first make it through the stress of attending university! The trials of school affect his younger siblings, as Elizabeth struggles to find her identity in the halls of high school and April begins kindergarten!Meanwhile, Elly has to deal with the loss of a loved one, and John comes to peace with hitting the big 5-0. And if that isn’t enough, Gordon and Tracey have a baby, Weed and Mike go on a world tour, and Lawrence meets his father for the first time!Lynn Johnston closes out the ’90s with pathos, affection, and of course, laughter! Includes every comic strip from September 1, 1996 through the end of 1999.

As creator Lynn Johnston illustrates inside this special treasury of America's most popular family comic strip, For Better or For Worse, life moves quickly in the Patterson household.Reflecting Johnston's longstanding tradition of portraying family life with warmth, humor, and honesty, this treasury features Johnston's original commentary, which offers firsthand insight into the development and inspiration behind her strips. Candid personal photos and newspaper clippings from the early days are also included and provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse for fans of For Better or For Worse.Join the Patterson family as they find humor in life's everyday challenges and triumphs; and discover why this endearing foursome is North America's favorite funny-page family inside this reflective retrospective.

For more than thirty years, Lynn Johnston captured the hearts of readers around the globe with her Pulitzer Prize-nominated comic strip "For Better or For Worse." Chronicling the lives of the middle-class suburbanite Patterson family Elly and John and their children, Michael, Elizabeth, and April "For Better or For Worse" was both goofy and ground-breaking. The experiences of the Patterson family mirrored those of their readers, the characters aging in real time with the audience. "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston" takes you behind the scenes of one of the world's favorite comic strips. Explore Lynn Johnston's influences and early drawings and the surprising, real-life inspirations behind her beloved characters and storylines. Along the way, revisit some of the most memorable moments in the "For Better or For Worse" universe. Whether you're encountering Lynn Johnston's work for the first time or a fan returning to it once again, you'll find something new yet richly familiar in "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston.""