Appelt, Kathi

As a thunderstorm rushes down from the mountains, a lone mustang shows the strength and speed of its ancestors as it races across the grassy prairie.

Jory fears that he is too small to find a suitable gift to welcome the new parson.

A young girl from the bayou is lulled to sleep by a menagerie of Cajun animals. Includes a glossary with Cajun pronunciation.

Pigs dance the night away when a polka band plays at the annual hootenanny.

Graduating eighth graders relate their stories of love and heartbreak that have brought them to Dogwood Junior High's magical Stardust Dance.

A series of prose poems describes the author's life while she was growing up in Houston, Texas, from her eleventh birthday in 1965 through her eighteenth in 1972, and beyond.

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

Ten-year-old Keeper heads to a sandbar in a small boat along with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain in order to find her mother, a mermaid who left her when Keeper was only three.

An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.

A busy crow flies around town picking up all kinds of discarded items and uses them to create a beautiful Christmas tree.