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Kathi Appelt

Goodreads Author

Born

in Fayetteville, NC, The United States

Website

http://www.kathiappelt.com

Genre

Children's Books, Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences

Mary Oliver, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost

Member Since

April 2008

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Lives in College Station, TX with husband Ken and four adorable cats.

Two sons, both musicians.

Serves on the faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Program.

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I want to tell you a small part of my experience of writing Angel Thieves. To a certain extent, all of my books feel a bit slippery as they come into being, but this one was like trying to walk a dozen cats on the ends of a dozen leashes. The various story lines kept

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Average rating: 3.92 · 37,026 ratings · 6,076 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), David Small (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 11,191 ratings — published 2008 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Bricking (Illustrations) 3.94 avg rating — 5,181 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 4,659 ratings — published 2016 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeper by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), August Hall (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 3,202 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), Eric Rohmann (Illustrations) 3.76 avg rating — 1,022 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky 4.27 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), Rob Dunlavey (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Max Attacks by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), Penelope Dullaghan (Illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 675 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mogie: The Heart of the House 4.04 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Otis Courted Mama by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author), Jill McElmurry (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies a whole mixture of gratitude and longing, the twin ingredients of every prayer.”
― Kathi Appelt, The Underneath

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“Humans are designed to be with other humans, even those with mixed blood. They need each other's laughter. They require each other's sorrows.”
― Kathi Appelt, The Underneath

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“(He) had not realized how much he needed this sweet, friendly sound. How much he needed someone to settle in next to him. He didn't know that he needed to not be so solitary until at last he wasn't. So many needs in one old dog.”
― Kathi Appelt, The Underneath

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Which book would you give the 2014 Newbery award to?

These books were chosen from our It's January thread.

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

22 votes 24.4%

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

15 votes 16.7%

Doll Bones by Holly Black

13 votes 14.4%

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

7 votes 7.8%

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt

6 votes 6.7%

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

5 votes 5.6%

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

5 votes 5.6%

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

5 votes 5.6%

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

4 votes 4.4%

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

4 votes 4.4%

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

2 votes 2.2%

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

2 votes 2.2%

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Kathi’s Quotes

“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”
― Ray Bradbury

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