Return to the Willows is written as a sequel to the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Jacqueline Kelly, quote from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat. She thoroughly battles the expectations of respectable young ladies during the turn of the century. Spend each of your allotted hours with care. She falls in love with science by spending time with her grandfather, who is a scientist, and The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin.
The novel documents her struggle with Texas heat, science, embroidery and her family. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate is set in 1899 and features eleven year old Calpurnia Tate. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (2009).Short story in the Mississippi Review (2001).Before becoming a fictional author, she was a physician and a lawyer.įor The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, she won the Newbery Honor Book designation, International Reading Association Award, Virginia Law Award, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and Judy Lopez Memorial Award, National Women's Book Association, all 2009, and Josette Frank Award, and the Bank Street College of Education. She went on to get a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas. She moved again to El Paso, Texas where she went to high school and college in Galveston. She moved to Vancouver Island in Canada at a young age. Jacqueline Kelly was born in New Zealand. Jacqueline Kelly is an New Zealand-born American author of children's books.
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