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Jacqueline Kelly

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Jacqueline Kelly was born in New Zealand and moved with her parents to western Canada at an early age. She grew up in the dense rain forests of Vancouver Island, so you can imagine her shock some years later when her family moved to the desert of El Paso, Texas. She attended university in El Paso and medical school in Galveston (lovingly known as “Galvatraz” among the inmates). She practiced medicine for many years and then attended the University of Texas School of Law. She practiced law for several more years before realizing that what would really make her happy is to write fiction. Her first published short story appeared in 2001 in the Mississippi Review (one of her proudest accomplishments). Her debut novel, The Evolution of Calpurnia ...more

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	The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 31,277 ratings — published 2009 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 3,597 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skunked (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #1) by Jacqueline Kelly (Goodreads Author), Teagan White (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Jennifer L. Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to the Willows by Jacqueline Kelly (Goodreads Author), Clint Young (Illustrations) 4.09 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Counting Sheep (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #2) by Jacqueline Kelly (Goodreads Author), Teagan White (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Jennifer L. Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 222 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Gives a Hoot? (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #3) by Jacqueline Kelly (Goodreads Author), Jennifer L. Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 157 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Prickly Problem (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #4) 4.03 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calpurnia - Tome 1 by Jacqueline Kelly (Goodreads Author) (d'après le roman de), Daphné Collignon 3.87 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Squirrelly Situation (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #5) 3.94 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CALPURNIA TOME 2 BD by Jacqueline Kelly (Goodreads Author), Daphné Collignon (Illustrator) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jacqueline Kelly answered Beth's question: I am a librarian from Cavalier Public School in ND and I was wondering if I could get contact information? One of our MS book groups read The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate and would like to do a writing project and contact you as part of their project. If so, could you please send it to beth.kennedy@cavalierschool.org. Thanks for your time. PO Box 301300, Austn TX 78703
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Jacqueline Kelly answered Kate Granata's question: In your opinion what is the best part about writing in general? Thinking long and hard about finding the right word for the right place in the sentence and fitting that word into place. It practcally makes an audible click in your head. And you know it’s right.
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Jacqueline Kelly made a comment on Nancy’s review of A Perfect Spy " I love le Carre. He's simply the best at what he does. JK ...more "
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Jacqueline Kelly made a comment on Marjorie Ingall’s review of The Snow Day " Unjewy! I learned a new word today and I love it. JK "
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Jacqueline Kelly made a comment on DaNae’s review of Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith " Nope, it was just pure serendipity. JK "
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Jacqueline Kelly made a comment on Betsy’s review of One Last Time: Good-bye to Yankee Stadium " Tee-hee. But I don't need to read the book, the review gave me a good giggle. ...more "
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Jacqueline Kelly and 4 other people liked Betsy's review of I and I: Bob Marley: "I think about the best children’s picture book biographies out there and I notice a strange pattern. Some folks get what seems like a picture book bio a year. Einstein. Franklin. Mozart. Other folks remain strangely elusive. Where’s the quintessentia" Read more of this review »
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Jacqueline Kelly liked Betsy's review of If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States: "I have infinite respect for children’s books that attempt to clarify concepts that are difficult for the human brain to understand. Trying to comprehend the concept of a million? There’s David M. Schwartz’s How Much is a Million to help you. A little" Read more of this review »
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Ahhh, there's nothing like spending the weekend with Buttercup and Westley. For a laugh-out-loud tale of buckling swashes, piracy, kidnapping and derring-do, of not-so-distressed damsels, the Dread Pirate Roberts, and the giant Fezzik, curl up with t ...more
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“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

tags: books, calpurnia, happiness, reading

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“One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

tags: books, peach-pits, peaches, reading, white-knights

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“It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

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Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #4)

1092 votes 36.7%

The Magician's Elephant

562 votes 18.9%

Scat

277 votes 9.3%

Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Al Capone at Alcatraz, #2)

244 votes 8.2%

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)

235 votes 7.9%

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

182 votes 6.1%

Dork Diaries Book 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)

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Love, Aubrey

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Lucky Breaks (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #2)

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The Storm in the Barn

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