Books by Jacqueline Kelly
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review 1: Loved it. The author captured the characters, their voices and quirks, all of it. So perfectly. The illustrator's work is just lovely ... the picture of Humphrey might be my favorite.This is one you read for the characters and not necessarily the "action." Toad is up to his old t...
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review 1: Acabo de terminar de leer lo que me ha parecido una historia simplemente encantadora. Los que estén esperando violencia, sexo y vulgaridad se sentirán terriblemente decepcionados.Sólo los que conocen el valor de lo que de verdad importa en la vida podrán entender el mensaje de es...
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review 1: Let's get some things straight before I start this review. Firstly, I loved the way this book was written and the idea behind it. The main character also had some very nice qualities about her. She was a feminist before feminism was even a thing. That being said, the story just d...
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review 1: **** This is a lovely, well-written book. The story is about an 11-year-old girl during that confusing time that straddles both childhood and young womanhood. While I'm only giving it three stars, I would give it four stars for younger readers and I would recommend it for teenag...
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review 1: Calpurnia is the only girl in a family of seven children. She discovers that she has an interest in Natural Science just like her Grandfather. He is a member of the National Geographic Society. They find a plant that they believe is a new species and they go about proving it. M...
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review 1: I enjoyed reading the book as I took away different things opposed to the other reviewers. I looked at the book as a journal of a girl growing up during the turn of the century. She keeps tab of time by seasons, seasonal events, and birthdays so it made it easy to ready from a di...