Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt has written several books for children, including Bayou Lullaby, Hushabye, Baby Blue, and Toddler Two-Step. She lives in Texas, where she was raised, and never tires of riding the range. In Her Own Words ... [... more]
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Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed ...
 Bluebonnets and lady's slippers, larkspurs and blazing stars, black-eyed Susans and Granny's nightcaps. From a lonely childhood in the Piney Woods of East Texas to an exciting life in the White House, Lady Bird Johnson loved these wildflowers with all ... [... more]
$16.99
Amazon.com |
Bat Jamboree
The Bat Jamboree was held early this year, at the old drive-in movie not too far from here. It was standing room only as the houselights went down. The spotlight came up -- there wasn't a sound! Then: 1 bat sang. 2 bats flapped. 3 bats cha-cha-ed 4 bats ... [... more]
$6.99
Amazon.com |
Oh My Baby, Little One
It's always hard for Baby Bird and his mama to say good-bye on their way to school and work in the morning. But Mama finds a lilting, lyrical way of showing how her love is with her child all the time--and his love is with her, too. But even when I'm far ... [... more]
$16.00
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Kissing Tennessee: And Other Stories From The Stardust Dance
"For this one night, this one room is no longer the Dogwood Junior High cafeteria, not at all. It's the Stardust Dance. You're invited." The eighth-grade Stardust Dance at Dogwood Junior High School is the place where dreams, with the help of a ... [... more]
$14.60
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The Underneath
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. An abandoned calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the achingly lonely howl of a chained up, abused hound dog deep in the bayou. ... [... more]
$29.95
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The Underneath
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to ... [... more]
$16.99
Amazon.com |
Cowboy Dreams
Yippe ti-yi-yo little dogies that's the song the cowpokes croon Kathi Appelt gently calls forth the sounds and images of the prairie in this lyrical evocation of nighttime on the range. From the whippoorwill call to the coyote's yip yip yaroo, every ... [... more]
$14.95
Amazon.com |
Merry Christmas, Merry Crow
A broken chain, a piece of string, a bottle cap . . . To most people, these things are useless trash. But to a clever crow, they're just what he needs to create a special surprise--a beautiful Christmas tree that everyone can treasure. Told in jaunty ... [... more]
$16.00
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My Father's Summers: A Daughter's Memoir
We saved things for him. My sister Patti saved whatever she could hold in her palm-rocks, pennies, bottle caps. With the pennies she planned to save enough to buy a plane ticket to go see him. How many pennies would it take? Photographs, report cards, ... [... more]
$15.95
Amazon.com |
Incredible Me!
Join a rambunctious child as she exuberantly celebrates all the wonderful qualities that make her special -- her nose, her toes, her ears, herself! Award winners Kathi Appelt and G. Brian Karas team up to create this joyous tribute to the wonders of ... [... more]
$16.99
Amazon.com |
Kissing Tennessee: and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance
"For this one night, this one room is no longer the Dogwood Junior High cafeteria, not at all. It's the Stardust Dance. You're invited." The eighth-grade Stardust Dance at Dogwood Junior High School is the place where dreams, with the help of a ... [... more]
$5.95
Amazon.com |
