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Kathi Appelt

Kathi Appelt

Kathi Appelt

Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honor-winning, National Book Award finalist, PEN USA Literary Award-winning and bestselling The Underneath as well as the highly acclaimed novel Keeper and many picture books. She is a member of the faculty at... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Write like your fingers are on fire.
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My life in 8 words: "Full of music, cats, books . . . it's all good!"
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Keeper will be released on May 22, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 11, 2012
News:
Keeper has won an award
May 11, 2011
News:
Keeper has won an award
Mar 24, 2011
News:
Keeper has won an award
Mar 20, 2011
News:
Keeper has won an award
Mar 20, 2011
News:
The Underneath has won an award
Dec 14, 2010
News:
Keeper has won an award
Dec 01, 2010
Keeper will be released on May 18, 2010 in eAudio
May 18, 2010
Keeper is now available in eAudio
May 18, 2010
Keeper will be released on May 18, 2010 in Hardcover, Compact Disk
May 18, 2010
Keeper is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk
May 18, 2010
Keeper is now available in Hardcover
May 18, 2010
Keeper will be released on May 18, 2010 in Hardcover
May 18, 2010
Audio Excerpt:
Keeper
Apr 27, 2010
Graphic Excerpt:
Keeper
Mar 23, 2010
News:
The Underneath has won an award
Mar 04, 2010

Kathi Appelt Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Write like your fingers are on fire. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Tolerance, creativity, humor. Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. "Tis a Gift to be Simple," a Shaker song; "Here Comes the Sun," the Beatles; "Eyes of Blue," Ken Appelt; "Tom Cat Trouble," by Tim Henderson; "St. Francis Fire," by Idgy Vaughn Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. My two smart and talented sons. Not sure I can really take credit for them, but I'm in awe of them. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Cruella deVille Learn more about Kathi Appelt

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School Library Journal, November 6, 2011
...result pairs nicely with that recent Borrowers adaptation, also out of Japan: In other news, Newbery Honor winner Kathi Appelt recently interviewed Caldecott Award winner Eric Rohmann about his latest hugely lauded Halloween tale Bone Dog.  Perhaps I...
School Library Journal, October 20, 2011
...as the spokesperson of the Matthew Shepard Foundation put it. Not only that, but other authors—Tanya Lee Stone, Kathi Appelt, Sarah Darrer Littman, Jo Knowles, Courtney Sheinmel, and many others—have also chosen to donate funds and/or books to the...
Yahoo! Finance, August 25, 2011
...MINNEAPOLIS Parker is a normal sixth grader—or he was normal before the puppet. It’s just an old hand puppet, sticking out of a junkyard trash can. Even though Parker’s best friend says leave it, Parker brings the puppet home and tries it on....
Cresco Times, July 26, 2011
...was Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. The last Newbery Honor book I read was The Underneath by Kathi Appelt. I read both of these as an adult, and they are great stories. The 2011 winner of the Newbery medal is Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. I...
School Library Journal, June 21, 2011
...Hopkins, author of Perfect (S & S, 2011), became the first on board. Soon after others followed, including Kathi Appelt, a National Book Award finalist for The Underneath (Atheneum, 2008), and Jay Asher, who wrote The Thirteen Reasons Why (Razorbill,...
PublishersWeekly.com, June 20, 2011
...writer's conference at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2009, where she met instructor and author Kathi Appelt. Appelt, who Hubbard calls her "guardian angel," invited Hubbard to send her the book when she had finished revising it. Four months later,...
School Library Journal, June 19, 2011
...kind of dead-eyed calm that I admire. Speaking of trailers for books, here we have Liz Scanlon and Kathi Appelt discussing Scanlon’s newest title Noodle & Lou.  In it a worm and a blue jay are buds.  Any time I see a book where folks who...
Tactools, September 24, 2011
...Bartholomew and the Oobleck (no signals) – Dr. Seuss – CD Rip.mp3 Bat Jamboree (with signals) – Kathi Appelt – cassette rip.mp3 Bats on Parade (with signals) – Kathi Appelt – cassette rip.mp3 Bear Shadow (with signals) – Frank Asch –...
Fiction Notes, September 23, 2011
...Anyway? Besides my take on voice, read what these authors, editors and professionals have to say: Cheryl Klein, Kathi Appelt, Adam Gidwitz, Eric Kimmel, Nathan Brandsford, Emma Dryden and many more. Reviews of Prairie Storms Order NOW! Many bloggers...
Lost For Words, August 4, 2011
...is a great choice for fans of LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Stephanie Perkins or KEEPER by Kathi Appelt.Next is ASHES by Ilsa Bick. Ilsa creates a world that is haunting because it is so close to what could happen if disaster hit. Complete with an...
Daysong Reflections, July 8, 2011
...MY REVIEW: Breath of Angel , book one of The Angelaeon Circle series by Karyn Henley is a fantastical tale about angels, immortals, nephilim, shapeshifters, sylvans, dwarves, and the mere mortals who interact with them. Featuring Melaia, a chantress who...
Tactools, June 9, 2011
...Bartholomew and the Oobleck (no signals) – Dr. Seuss – CD Rip.mp3 Bat Jamboree (with signals) – Kathi Appelt – cassette rip.mp3 Bats on Parade (with signals) – Kathi Appelt – cassette rip.mp3 Bear Shadow (with signals) – Frank Asch –...
Delightful Children's Books, May 30, 2011
...another whimsical story about gardening, see My Garden by Kevin Henkes. Ages 3+Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers by Kathi Appelt and Joy Fisher Hein. The winner of the coveted Broadmoore children's choice award. Both my six-year-old son and four-year-old...
Writing with a broken tusk, May 25, 2011
...tollbooth to four grand destinations, each a part of the oh-so-grand-and-fabulous Vermont College of Fine Arts extended family: Kathi Appelt is the award-winning author of The Underneath and Keeper, and the creator of possibly my favorite picture book...