In her first stand-alone book, Applegate (the Animorphs series) effectively uses free verse to capture a Sudanese refugee's impressions of America and his slow adjustment. After witnessing the murders ...

Applegate morphs:”Animorphs” author Katherine Applegate has a hot new series,`Making Out” (Avon Books). We picked up Book 1, “Zoey Fools Around.” If you can’t handle romance, you’ll run screaming from ...

Alire Saenz's "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" won twice: the Stonewall Book Award, for works about the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender experience, and the Pura Belpre ...

On the basis of a three-sentence proposal, HarperCollins has signed Katherine Applegate, who won this year’s Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan, for a middle-grade trilogy that will begin with ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Just about everyone has been awed by the adorable antics of sea otters, mostly seen in internet videos, but one thing the Monterey Bay area can boast is its close proximity to ...

Above: See what happened when "The One and Only Ivan" co-star Danny DeVito came home to Asbury Park. Katherine Applegate is ready for the world to meet “The One and Only Ivan.” It was through the 1993 ...

Katherine Applegate has written many children’s favorite books as she’s the pen and mind behind “The One and Only Ivan,” “Wishtree,” “Crenshaw,” the Roscoe Riley chapter books and the Animorphs series ...

Katherine Applegate signs a copy of "The One and Only Ivan" Monday at Barnes & Noble in Frisco. Photo by Tyra Damm/Special Contributor. Katherine Applegate signs a copy of "The One and Only Ivan" ...