Kathi appelt biography template

          Poet, Author, Teacher.

        1. Poet, Author, Teacher.
        2. Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist.
        3. I was born on July 6, , in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
        4. Kathi Appelt is another amazing author who has written everything from lullabies to board books to picture books, fiction and non-fiction, short.
        5. Kathi Appelt has written several books for children, including Bayou Lullaby, Hushabye, Baby Blue, and Toddler Two-Step.

          6. I was born on July 6, , in Fayetteville, North Carolina..

          Kathi Appelt

          American writer

          Kathi Appelt (born July 6, 1954)[1] is an American author of more than forty books for children and young adults.[2] She won the annual PEN USA award for Children's Literature recognizing The Underneath (2008).[3]

          Biography

          Kathi Appelt was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina,[1] and grew up in Houston, Texas.

          She graduated from Texas A&M University and lives in College Station, Texas.[4]

          Appelt is the author of more than 30 books. She writes novels, picture books, poetry, and nonfiction for children and young adults.[5] Her books have been translated into several languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, and Swedish.[6] She is emerita faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.[7]

          Her first novel was The Underneath, illustrated by David Small and published by Simon & Schuster in 2008.

          It features a cat