The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Jacqueline Kelly

earliest edition we have, 2009 Thorndike Press, 2010

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 a...

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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate edition · 2011 · Square Fish · 9780312659301
The evolution of Calpurnia Tate edition · 2010 · Thorndike Press · 9781410422156
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE edition · 2009 · SCHOLASTIC · 9780545284387
The evolution of Calpurnia Tate edition · 2009 · Henry Holt and Co. · 340 pages · 9780805088410

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