| " But What Does This Have To Do with Kids?": Literary Theory and Children's Literature in the Teacher Education Classroom. L Apol Journal of children's literature 24 (2), 32-46, 1998 | 111 | 1998 |
| “When can we make paper cranes?”: Examining pre-service teachers' resistance to critical readings of historical fiction L Apol, A Sakuma, TM Reynolds, SK Rop Journal of Literacy Research 34 (4), 429-464, 2002 | 50 | 2002 |
| Living the poet’s life: Using an aesthetic approach to poetry to enhance preservice teachers’ poetry experiences and dispositions JL Certo, L Apol, E Wibbens, LK Hawkins English Education 44 (2), 102-146, 2012 | 48 | 2012 |
| Using testimonial response to frame the challenges and possibilities of risky historical texts J Damico, L Apol Children's Literature in Education 39, 141-158, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Joyful noises: Creating poems for voices and ears L Apol, J Harris Language Arts 76 (4), 314-323, 1999 | 22 | 1999 |
| Tamings and ordeals: Depictions of female and male coming of age in the west in turn-of-the-century youth's companion serials L Apol The Lion and the Unicorn 24 (1), 61-80, 2000 | 21 | 2000 |
| Beyond school breaks: Reinterpreting the uses of film in classrooms LM Domke, TL Weippert, L Apol The Reading Teacher 72 (1), 51-59, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Writing poetry in Rwanda: A means for better listening, understanding, processing, and responding L Apol Journal of Poetry Therapy 30 (2), 71-83, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| Requiem, Rwanda L Apol MSU Press, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| Professional Book Reviews: Exploring the Role of Children’s Literature in the 21st Century Classroom J Kersten, L Apol, J Pataray-Ching Language Arts 84 (3), 286-292, 2007 | 14 | 2007 |
| " What Do We Do If We Don't Do Haiku?" Seven Suggestions for Writers and Teachers L Apol The English Journal 91 (3), 89-97, 2002 | 14 | 2002 |
| Creating a Third Space through Intertextuality: Using Children's Literature to Develop Prospective Teachers' Critical Literacy. TL Weippert, LM Domke, L Apol Journal of Language and Literacy Education 14 (2), n2, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Shooting Bears, Saving Butterflies: Ideology of the Environment in Gibson's Herm and I (1894) and Klass's California Blue (1994) L Apol Children's Literature 31 (1), 90-115, 2003 | 13 | 2003 |
| Telling Stories through Writing and Dance: An Integenerational Project L Apol, T Kambour Language Arts 77 (2), 106-117, 1999 | 13 | 1999 |
| Poetry, poetic inquiry and Rwanda: Engaging with the lives of others L Apol Springer Nature, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| A Burgeoning Field or a Sorry State: US Poetry for Children, 1800–Present L Apol, JL Certo Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature, 275-287, 2011 | 9 | 2011 |
| Requiem L Apol Michigan State University Press, 2015 | 8 | 2015 |
| Using the author-out workshop to counter students’ assumptions and anxieties about reading and writing poetry L Apol, K Macaluso English Journal 105 (6), 31-36, 2016 | 7 | 2016 |
| Poetry writing PK-12: Current research and implications for practice and future research JL Certo, L Apol, E Wibbens, S Yoon Putting writing research into practice: Applications for teacher …, 2010 | 6 | 2010 |
| Teaching poetry writing, PreK-12: A review of research and suggested directions for teacher practice and development JL Certo, L Apol, E Wibbens, S Yoon Putting writing research into practice: Applications for teacher …, 2010 | 5 | 2010 |
