| Title | : | A Squirrelly Situation (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #5) |
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| ISBN | : | 1627798773 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781627798778 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 |
| Publication | : | First published April 9, 2019 |
A Squirrelly Situation (Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #5) Reviews
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Another excellent addition to this series.
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Readers familiar with this series' protagonist, Callie Vee and her brother Travis will know that they're in for a treat and that an animal will be involved. In this, the fifth book in the series, Travis brings home an orphaned baby squirrel, which will be the focus of the story line. The family cat, Idabelle, nurses it as well as her kitten, Thud, and Travis chooses a cat's name for his pet: Fluffy. Thud and Fluffy wreak havoc in the kitchen, and it's all the youngsters can do to keep them out of their cook, Viola's, way. Callie's nascent veterinary skills are put into use when Fluffy's tail needs surgery after an accident with a door. When time comes or the local fair and a contest is held to determine who killed the most squirrels and which boy has bagged the biggest squirrel. Travis is sure to win since Fluffy is plump, but another boy tries to trick his way to the prize, and there is disagreement as to whether the entry must be dead. As always with this series, there are good life lessons that are woven in among adventures in rural Texas in a rather unusual household. I love having Calpurnia as a role model for girls intent on careers in medicine or veterinary science and applaud her curiosity and unflappable nature. The illustrations add another layer of interest to this story. Each one is worth reading as is the book for older readers on which these are based.
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A Squirrelly Situation by Jacqueline Kelly, 100 pages. Godwin Books, (Henry Holt/MacMillan), 2019. $16.
Content: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE -
Calpurnia Tate - Girl Vet is back with another family adventure. This time, her younger brother Travis has found a baby squirrel and brought it home. The indoor cat Idabelle has had a kitten, so Travis adds the baby squirrel to the litter and Idabelle manages to mother both the squirrel (Fluffy) and her own kitten (Thud). Of course Callie's mother doesn't like the idea, but Travis persuades her to let him keep the squirrel. But does a squirrel make a good pet.
I love this series so much! An easy chapter book combined with nostalgia and animals. What more could you ask for? Jennifer L. Meyer's illustrations bring the story to life. This is book 5, and although it can stand on its own, reading them in order is advised.
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I'm loving this series for younger readers with Calpurnia, her grandfather, and younger brother Travis. Travis was always my favorite of her brothers in the two Calpurnia Tate books. His love of all things furry and feathered and his desire to protect and care for them reminded me so much of myself as a kid, and pretty much as an adult too. One of the best things about the Calpurnia Tate books was the relationship that she had with her grandfather, a naturalist who was teaching Calpurnia, much to her mother's horror, as it was so unladylike!, all about the natural world around them. I hope this isn't the last book in this series and that there are more to come in the future. Can't wait to see what animal Travis finds that needs to be rescued, or what adventure Callie's grandfather takes her on down a river or through the brush.
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Travis, Calpurnia's animal-loving brother, finds an abandoned squirrel and they raise it with the help of this Texas family's inside cat, Idabelle.
Kelly has managed to take the characters from her successful books for middle grade readers and place them in charming stories for early able readers of chapter books. They won't need to know much about the historic time period (early 20th century) to understand Calpurnia's Scientific Interest in animals and her little brother's instinctive love for them. Here, Travis manages to best a braggart in a squirrel shooting contest WITHOUT taking up arms. Funny and warm. This is the fifth in the series and still a treat to read. -
I like this book because there are animals in it. Travis is the boy who likes animals and he wants to adopt all the animals that he sees.
In a fair you can get prizes like the most delicious food, the best trained animals, and squirrel shootings.
Whoever gets the heaviest squirrel wins the prize. There was a boy called Woodrow cheated in the contest by putting BBs in the squirrel to make it heavier. The judges made him got nothing, no prizes.
Woodrow’s squirrel weighed four pounds, while Travis’s is three pounds.
But without the BBs, Woodrow’s weighed only 2 pounds.
In the end Travis got the prize, and Fluffy the squirrel also got the prize.
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Calpurnia Tate’s brother Travis brings home a baby squirrel, and chaos ensues.
These are shorter chapter books featuring the characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
Different from other animal books, as wild animals are featured, and it takes place during the late 1890s. Not my favorite. Not sure if you need to read in order, but I probably shouldn’t have started with book #5. I couldn’t resist the adorable squirrel on the cover. -
This is such a cute series—I loved the first two novels about smart, science-loving Calpurnia more than these 100-page “girl vet” stories, but they’re still a fun continuation.
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SM
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Another cute story in the Calpurnia Tate: Girl Vet series. Travis brings home a baby squirrel and the house cat adopts the critter.
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Another great read about girl vet Callie and her brother Travis! This entire series is great and gets more endearing as it goes. Wild hogs, squirrels, and rotten liars make for a good story.
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Maybe more like a 3.5. I have mixed feelings about this book...
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Great fun to read aloud
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Another fantastic job - historical fiction and entertaining! Good for 2-4th graders!
