Kathryn Apel Kathryn Apel i(A125613 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Mad Cows Kathryn Apel , Beau Wylie (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2024 28248406 2024 single work picture book children's 'What’s really on the other side of the fence? Greener grass? Or UDDER CHAOS?!' (Publication summary)
2 y separately published work icon Miss Understood Kathryn Apel , Beau Wylie (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2022 23817667 2022 single work picture book children's

'I’m the wolf, Miss Understood.

You think I’m bad, but I am good. T

hose Little Pigs told you a porker—

made it sound like I’m a stalker!

'Is the wolf really as BIG and BAD as she seems? Or is she just ... misunderstood?' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon What Snail Knows Kathryn Apel , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2022 23598287 2022 single work children's fiction children's

'A moving story about a shy girl coming out of her shell with a little help from her pet snail

'Lucy and Dad move a lot, so it's hard to make friends.

'Luckily, she has Snail, the perfect pet for a lonely girl. If only she had her own shell to hide in when she started at a new school.

'But this place is different. She likes her teacher, Miss Darling. She likes her classmates, especially Tahnee. She even likes Mei-hui's van park, where she lives with Dad and Snail. This place feels like home. But can she convince her dad to stay?

'From the author of Bully on the Bus comes this moving story about making friends and finding where you belong.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Bird in the Herd Kathryn Apel , Renée Treml (illustrator), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2021 19704148 2021 single work picture book children's

'Look! A herd of cows.

'There's a bird in the herd that stalks as it walks, eating slugs and the bugs that the herd stirred. What else can you see as you follow the cheeky bird?

'Take a romp around an Aussie farm in this rhyming picture book perfect for early childhood.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Up and Down on a Rainy Day Kathryn Apel , Janet Turner (illustrator), Brisbane : State Library of Queensland , 2020 20937815 2020 single work picture book children's

'A farming family gets up to wet and muddy fun as the rain falls down. Celebrating farms, family and rainy-day play!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Too Many Friends Kathryn Apel , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2017 11082701 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'At school I have lots of friends.

'I have so many friends that sometimes I don’t know who to play with.

'Tahnee wants everyone in her Year 2 class to get along and be happy. But what happens when all of Tahnee’s friends want her attention at the same time? And how can Tahnee be friends with Lucy, when Lucy doesn’t seem to want any friends?

'A novel about friendship and school life, and the balance we all need to find to be the best friend we can be. ' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon On Track Kathryn Apel , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2015 8226693 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'A compelling verse novel about sibling rivalry, sporting excellence and self-doubt from a fresh Australian voice.

'Everyone says

you couldn’t get

two brothers more

different than

Shaun and Toby.

'Toby struggles at school, has a stumbly, fumbly, bumbly body and thinks that Sports Day is the worst day of the year. No matter how hard he tries, he’s not good at anything... except running away from his ‘big, better brother’.

'Shaun is top of his class and does everything first, better, best! He can’t wait for Sports Day — D-Day for discus. But when his ‘joke of a brother’ is around, nobody notices the things Shaun can do.

'Will Toby and Shaun get on track before Sports Day?' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Bully on the Bus Kathryn Apel , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2014 6954487 2014 single work children's fiction children's

'The bully on the bus taunts 7-year-old Leroy, then silences him with threats of worse to come. While hunting for hidden messages in The Big Bad Book of Fairytales, Leroy becomes Little Red Robin Hood, and finds the strength and courage he needs to overcome the bully’s torments, once and for all.' (Publication summary)
1 4 y separately published work icon This Is The Mud! Kathryn Apel , Warren Crossett (illustrator), Sydney : Lothian , 2009 Z1608142 2009 single work picture book children's

'There is muck, mess and mayhem when the cow gets stuck in the mud. A rollicking rural Australian rhyming picture book.' (Publication summary)
1 Reflecting on a Month of Haiku Kathryn Apel , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , June no. 174 2008; (p. 22)
1 y separately published work icon Fencing with Fear Kathryn Apel , Mount Waverley : Aussie School Books , 2008 22689743 2008 single work children's fiction children's

'Brette and her brother are on a routine trip with their father, checking the fences on their property. All goes well until an accident leaves Dad hurt and unconscious. Brette must cross a swollen creek and travel over kilometres of rough country to get help. Will she be able to do it in time to save her father?' (Publication summary)
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