Kathi Appelt
Bibliography

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Fiction

The Bat Jamboree. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

At an abandoned outdoor movie theater, fifty-five bats perform in a toe-tapping, wing-flapping revue--and await the grand finale.

Bats Around the Clock. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2000.

Click Dark hosts a special twelve-hour program of American Batstand where the bats rock and roll until the midnight hour ends.

Bats on Parade. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1999.

On a midsummer's night the Marching Bat Band makes a rare appearance, its members grouped in formations that demonstrate multiplication from two times two up to ten times ten.

Bayou Lullaby. Pictures by Neil Waldman. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1995.

A colorful goodnight poem to a "bayou gal," Includes a glossary with Cajun pronunciation.

Cowboy Dreams. Illustrated by Barry Root. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1999.

A little cowpoke is lulled to sleep by dreams of the sights and sounds of the Western landscape at night.

Elephants Aloft. Illustrated by Keith Baker. 1st ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993.

Using only prepositions as text, relates the adventures of two elephants as they travel to Africa to visit their Aunt Rwanda.

Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance. San Diego: Harcourt, 2000.

Graduating eighth graders relate their stories of love and heartbreak that have brought them to Dogwood Junior High's magical Stardust Dance.

Oh My Baby, Little One. Illustrated by Jane Dyer. 1st ed. San Diego: Harcourt, 2000.

A mother explains to her child all the ways her love remains even while she's away.

Rain Dance. Illustrated by Emilie Chollat. Edited by Simone Kaplan. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

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A Red Wagon Year. Illustrated by Laura McGee Kvasnosky. 1st ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1996.

Five children and a dog parade through the months of the year, putting their red wagon to various uses.

Someone's Come to Our House. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 1999.

The members of a family celebrate the arrival of a new baby.

The Thunderherd. Illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

As a thunderstorm rushes down from the mountains, a lone mustang shows the strength and speed of its ancestors as it races across the grassy prairie.

Toddler Two Step. New York: HarperCollins, 2000.

Watermelon Day. Illustrated by Dale Gottlieb. 1st ed. New York: H. Holt, 1996.

Young Jesse waits all summer for her watermelon to ripen.

Where, Where Is Swamp Bear?. Pictures by Megan Halsey. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

While fishing with his grandfather in the swamp, a young boy aks all kinds of questions about a very special bear.

Nonfiction

Down Cut Shin Creek: The Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. By Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

I See the Moon. Illustrated by Debra Reid Jenkins. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W. B. Eerdmans, 1997.

Juvenile poetry.

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