New Releases by Jacqueline Kelly

Modern motherhood is fraught with contradictions and oh so difficult to navigate. Balancing out your fierce and all-consuming love with the desire to just be left in peace for a few minutes, juggling the pressure to put someone else's needs first with the sense that you're losing your grasp of the person you once were ... it's all too easy to feel confused, angry and, well, lost. Jacqueline Kelly knows how you feel and knows how to help. Her honest, compassionate writing is a soothing balm to anyone going through the heady cocktail of confusion, joy, rage and adoration that is new motherhood.

Featuring the charming characters from Jacqueline Kelly's Newbery Honor Book The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, this exciting chapter book series introduces young readers to Callie Vee and the rough-and-tumble world of turn-of-the-century Texas. With illustrations by Jennifer L. Meyer, Goats for Christmas is a holiday story you won't want to miss! Callie and Travis need sheep for the town Christmas pageant. Travis is playing the shepherd in the Nativity scene, and what's a shepherd without his flock? Unfortunately, Fentress is low on sheep—but not on goats. When Callie and Travis decide to borrow two goats from their neighbor, they don't know what they're in for. As it turns out, the main trouble with goats is that they'll eat just about anything. This will be one Christmas pageant Fentress won't forget!

Calpurnia, Callie Vee, es una niña que vive en un pueblo de Texas. A pesar de que su madre insiste en que aprenda a tocar el piano, coser y cocinar, ella está más interesada en lo que ocurre tras la puerta cerrada de la biblioteca, o en el laboratorio de su abuelo. Poco a poco irá ganándose a este señor un tanto huraño y empezará a colaborar con él en sus observaciones del medio natural, aprenderá quién es Darwin, qué son las especies y las subespecies, y también lo idiotas que se vuelven los hermanos mayores cuando se enamoran. «La evolución de Calpurnia Tate es la novela más deliciosa que he leído en muchos, muchos años... La lucha de Callie porque le permitan tener curiosidad intelectual resulta refrescante, divertida y muy acertada incluso para la época en que vivimos.» -The New Yorker ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century.

When her brother brings home an abandoned baby squirrel, Callie and the rest of the family must find a way to deal with a wild animal that naturally wants to climb everything.

Calpurnia a deux passions dans la vie : soigner les animaux et observer la nature. Quelle joie alors le jour où son grand-père l'emmène en barque sur la rivière San Marcos ! Là-bas, on peut voir des poissons volants. On peut entendre le chant de l'oiseau moqueur. On peut même y trouver des fossiles de l'époque des dinosaures... Et la nature réserve bien des surprises. Une chouette tombe dans l'eau devant eux. Mais que fait-elle ici ?

Featuring the charming characters from the Newbery Honor Book The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, this exciting chapter book series introduces young readers to Callie Vee and the rough-and-tumble world of turn-of-the-century Texas. When Travis finds an abandoned baby squirrel, he brings him home and names him Fluffy. But Mother isn’t so sure that Fluffy is such a great family pet—and neither is Thud, the cat. Will Fluffy be able to steer clear of these two and find a home in the Tate household?

Simplified Chinese edition of The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate (2))

When the Tate family dog, Ajax, has a run-in with a porcupine, things get prickly--and dangerous--quickly. It'll take Callie's quick thinking and doctoring, along with a little help from Dr. Pritzker, to make things right. Will Ajax learn to leave othe

Sie leben auf einer Farm mit Pferden, Hunden, Schafen, Katzen und Kaninchen und lieben die Natur über alles: Calpurnia und Travis. Auf ihrer Tierstation pflegen die tierlieben Geschwister kleine und große, zahme und sogar wilde Tiere. Doch während Callie ihr Wissens- und Forscherdrang antreibt, zieht Travis der Wunsch nach einem neuen Haus- und Kuscheltier nach draußen. Als er ein verstoßenes Stinktier-Baby entdeckt, nimmt er es mit nach Hause, um es aufzupäppeln. Doch Stinky bringt den Farmfrieden ganz schön durcheinander. Kann er das Stinktier vor den Augen seiner Mutter – und erst recht vor deren Nase – verbergen? Ein spannender und lustiger Ausflug in das Farmleben vor 100 Jahren.

When the Tate family dog, Ajax, has a run-in with a porcupine, it will take Callie's quick thinking and all her veterinary skills to save her beloved pet.

Callie liebt die Natur und die Tiere. Sie träumt davon, einmal Tierärztin zu werden. Am liebsten vertieft sie sich in die Bücher ihres Großvaters und geht mit ihm täglich das Flussufer entlang, um alles über Biologie und die Lebensweisen von Tieren zu erfahren. Eines Tages entdeckt sie am Fluss ein Blatt mit winzigen Eiern, denen bald Schmetterlinge entschlüpfen. Als einer von ihnen nicht fliegen kann, sind Callies tiermedizinische Kenntnisse gefragt. Auch als ihr Lieblingsschaf Schneewittchen Junge bekommt und der Tierarzt gerade ein Pferd mit Kolik behandeln muss, nimmt Callie die Sache in die Hand. Verständig und einfühlsam hilft sie einem Lämmchen auf die Welt.

Nessuna delle cose terribili che sono accadute sarebbe necessariamente accaduta se la puzzola non avesse attirato l'attenzione su di sé sradicando le piante nel nostro giardino e rubando un mazzo di verdure. E se babbo non avesse detto al bracciante di piazzare una trappola e ucciderla. E se non fosse venuto fuori che la puzzola era una femmina con un cucciolo nascosto in una tana nelle vicinanze. E se mio fratello minore Travis non avesse sentito il cucciolo affamato piangere e non si fosse fermato a indagare. Ma questa sfortunata serie di eventi si verificò e Travis finì per ricevere una punizione e diventare un eroe nello stesso preciso momento.

A douze ans, le monde de Calpurnia Tate ne dépasse pas les limites du comté de Caldwell. Mais, pour qui sait regarder avec étonnement et curiosité, il y a là mille choses à découvrir. Son frère Travis rapporte à la maison un tatou, des geais bleus et un coyote, toutes sortes d'animaux sauvages qu'il veut apprivoiser en cachette. Et son grand-père initie Calpurnia aux mystères des sciences naturelles. La famille de Calpurnia accueille sa cousine Aggie, et, surtout, un vétérinaire vient s'installer près de chez eux. Pour Calpurnia, c'est l'occasion rêvée de donner enfin corps à ses ambitions...

Calpurnia and her grandfather rescue a barn owl from the river and, with the help of Dr. Pritzker, dead mice, and some detective work, nurse it back to health.

A douze ans, le monde de Calpurnia Tate ne dépasse pas les limites du comté de Caldwell. Mais, pour qui sait regarder avec étonnement et curiosité, il y a là mille choses à découvrir. Son frère Travis rapporte à la maison un tatou, des geais bleus et un coyote, toutes sortes d'animaux sauvages qu'il veut apprivoiser en cachette. Et son grand-père initie Calpurnia aux mystères des sciences naturelles. La famille de Calpurnia accueille sa cousine Aggie, et, surtout, un vétérinaire vient s'installer près de chez eux. Pour Calpurnia, c'est l'occasion rêvée de donner enfin corps à ses ambitions... A partir de 13 ans.

Callie Vee and Travis help animals big and small in this illustrated chapter book series for younger readers. In this second book in the Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet series, Callie takes a hands-on approach to animal doctoring. When Callie and Granddaddy go exploring by the river, Callie discovers a leaf covered with spots. Those spots, it turns out, are eggs, and those eggs become butterflies. One of her newly hatched butterflies has a problem, though—its wing is broken. Can Callie find a way to help this butterfly fly? Mother's prize sheep, Snow White, is pregnant and about to give birth. With Dr. Pritzker off helping a colicky horse, it falls to Callie to deliver the lamb. Will Callie be able to take the situation in hand?

In seguito a una sfortunata serie di eventi Travis finisce in punizione e diventa un eroe allo stesso tempo a causa di una puzzola.

Callie Vee, Travis, Granddaddy y todo el clan Tate están de vuelta en esta encantadora continuación de la ganadora de honor de Newbery, La evolución de Calpurnia Tate. Calpurnia Virginia Tate, su hermano Travis, el abuelo Walter y todo el clan Tate regresan en esta encantadora continuación de La evolución de Calpurnia Tate, ganadora de la Medalla de Honor Newbery. Travis, el hermano menor de Callie, sigue adoptando y llevando a casa innumerables perros callejeros así como un sinfín de improbables mascotas abandonadas. Y Callie continúa haciéndose cargo de todos ellos, procurando que no sean descubiertos por la mirada crítica de su madre. Cuando llega el doctor Pritker, un veterinario que revoluciona la ciudad de Fentress, Callie descubre no solo una nueva vida, sino también su vocación, que quiere llevar a cabo desesperadamente. Sin embargo la sociedad espera otra cosa de ella y por ello Callie necesitará todo su ingenio y valentía para convertir sus sueños en realidad. Entre perros callejeros y pícaros y adorables armadillos, entre su joven e inocente hermano y un primo distante, el curioso mundo lleno de tribulaciones de nuestra entrañable heroína Calpurnia Tate fascinará de nuevo a todos los lectores. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Callie Vee, Travis, Granddaddy, and the whole Tate clan are back in this charming follow-up to Newbery Honor-winner The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Travis keeps bringing home strays. And Callie has her hands full keeping the wild animals―her brother included―away from her mother's critical eye. Whether it's wrangling a rogue armadillo or stray dog, a guileless younger brother or standoffish cousin, the trials and tribulations of Callie Vee will have readers laughing and crying and cheering for this most endearing heroine. In this enchanting middle-grade novel, The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly, readers will fall deeper in love with our heroine Callie Vee, as she continues her journey to learn more about the world around her and to deal with her wild family. “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate is the most delightful historical novel for tweens in many, many years.” ―The New Yorker, "Book Bench" section “In her debut novel, Jacqueline Kelly brings to vivid life a boisterous small-town family at the dawn of a new century. And she especially shines in her depiction of the natural world that so intrigues Callie.” ―The Washington Post on The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

From Newbery honor author Jacqueline Kelly comes a new illustrated chapter book series for younger readers featuring the beloved characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. In Calpurnia Tate, Animal Doctor in Training, Callie Vee, Travis, and Dr. Pritzker help animals big and small. When soft-hearted Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he can't help but bring him home and take care of him. Stinky, as Travis names him, settles in pretty well. But when Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate, Winky, who is in need of some help, things get complicated around the Tate house. One skunk is a piece of cake; two is just asking for trouble. Will Travis and Callie be able to keep the critters away from Mother's careful eyes—and nose?

Calpúrnia Virginia Tate tem 11 anos em 1899, quando pergunta o porquê de os gafanhotos amarelos em seu quintal serem tão maiores do que os verdes... Com uma pequena ajuda de seu notoriamente mal-humorado avô, um ávido naturalista, ela descobre que os gafanhotos verdes são mais fáceis de ser vistos contra a grama amarela e, por isso, são mortos antes que possam ficar maiores.Por gostar de explorar a natureza ao seu redor, Callie acaba criando um relacionamento próximo com seu avô enquanto enfrenta os desafios de viver com seis irmãos e se depara com as dificuldades de ser uma garota na virada do século.Em seu livro de estreia, Jacqueline Kelly habilmente traz Callie e sua família para a vida, capturando o crescimento de uma jovem com sensibilidade e humor. A evolução de Calpúrnia Tate conquistou dois importantes prêmios em 2010, o Newbery Honor Book e o Bank Street - Josette Frank Award.

Per a la Calpurnia la vida continua igual. Tant se val que hagi començat un nou segle, per a ella el futur que projecta la seva mare és del segle XIX. Encara sort que la monotonia dels dies a la granja de Texas està farcida de baralles de gossos i armadillos, de germans petits i d'escapades naturalistes. A més, el curiós món de la Calpurnia s'ha enriquit amb una cosina i un veterinari. La Callie Vee haurà de gestionar la col·lecció d'animals (familiars inclosos) sota la mirada estricta de la mare.

Ser l'única noia de set fills al Texas del final del segle XIX no és gens fàcil. La mare de la Calpurnia Tate (Callie V. per als amics) vol que aprengui coses de 'senyoretes'. Però ella és un esperit inquiet a qui li agraden les baralles dels seus germans, observar la natura i capturar animalons. L'unic que li fa cas és l'avi, que se l'endú a les seves excursions per fer observacions científiques, però el bulliciós entorn familiar la distraurà en més d'una ocasió.

In July of 1903, Wiawaka opened as a women's retreat in Lake George, N.Y. Jacqueline Duane Kelly brings to you the history behind Wiawaka and it's founder, Mary Wiltsie Fuller. Find out how and why Wiawaka is named in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Filled with many photos, you will want to plan your next visit to Lake George and stay at Wiawaka.

In the early twentieth century, a Texas girl's love of the natural world starts her off on a path beyond her expectations in this young readers' adventure. In the aftermath of 1900's devastating Galveston hurricane, fate has brought Calpurnia Tate together with her older cousin—a female veterinarian. Inspired, Callie Vee starts envisioning a future for herself despite society's—and her parents'—belief in the limited roles women should fulfill. And with her brother Travis bringing home strays, Callie has her hands full keeping the animals—her brother included—away from her mother's critical eye. Whether wrangling a rogue armadillo or stray dog, a guileless younger brother or standoffish cousin, Callie Vee and her escapades will have readers laughing and crying in this return to Fentress, Texas.