![]() ![]() For that work she received the annual Children's Literature award from PEN Center USA and she was also a runner-up for the National Book Award ( National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist) and the American Library Association Newbery Medal (Newbery Honor Book). It features a cat and dog who live mainly beneath an old house in the Louisiana–Texas bayou. Her first novel was The Underneath, illustrated by David Small and published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. Her books have been translated into several languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, and Swedish. She writes novels, picture books, poetry, and nonfiction for children and young adults. ![]() Īppelt is the author of more than 30 books. She graduated from Texas A&M University and lives in College Station, Texas. Kathi Appelt was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and grew up in Houston, Texas. She won the annual PEN USA award for Children's Literature recognizing The Underneath (2008). Kathi Appelt (born July 6, 1954) is an American author of more than forty books for children and young adults. Children's literature, picture books, non-fiction ![]()
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