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The adventures of Amelia Bedelia

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Story 1: A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions. Story 2: Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another. Story 3: Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands...

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Main Author: Parish, Peggy
Other Authors: Siebel, Fritz (Illustrator), Tripp, Wallace (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1992.
Series:I can read book.
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Amelia-Bedelia > (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Housekeeping > Juvenile fiction.
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
Readers (Elementary)
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Summary:Story 1: A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions. Story 2: Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another. Story 3: Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.
Physical Description:1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:9780760771037
0760771030
9780760709597
0760709599
9781435107663
1435107667
9780064441551
0064441555
Author Notes:Peggy Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina on July 14, 1927. She attended the University of South Carolina and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. While visiting her brother in Kentucky, Parish was persuaded to enter the teaching profession. After teaching creative dancing to young children, she moved to Oklahoma and taught third grade in the Panhandle, in addition to teaching dance and producing community shows.

Parish's first book, My Golden Book of Manners, was published in 1961, followed by Let's Be Indians in 1962. A parent of one of the students, who was an editor of adult books, found out she was trying to break into the writing field and introduced her to an editor at Harper who helped improve her skills as a storyteller. This, of course, led to her biggest breakthrough, the creation of Amelia Bedelia in 1963.

Parish eventually wrote 11 more Amelia Bedelia books as well as a number of mystery novels, and arts and crafts books. Among these other titles are Haunted House, Dinosaur Time, The Chimp That Went to School and Let's Celebrate: Holiday Decorations You Can Make. In addition to writing books, Parish did television pieces on preschool education and children's books, wrote book review columns and led a number of in-service training workshops for teachers.

Parish died of an aneurysm on November 19, 1988. Her nephew, Herman Parish, continues to recreate new titles in the Amelia Bedelia series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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