Kathi Appelt

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

The reader is invited to count hungry crows as they hunt for savory snacks.

A girl celebrates her own individuality, from her freckles to her wiggles.

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.

A counting rhyme in which animals react to rain.

A collection of poems about the experiences of young people and a section with information about how each poem was written to enable readers to create their own original poems.

While his life seems perfectly good as it is, Cardell, a young coyote, learns to tolerate--and even like--the coyote that is courting his mother.

After meeting one night at the Alley Cat's Meow, sweetheart cats Red and Ginger dazzle the world with their spectacular dancing.