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Oh Amelia...We Love You So!
This book in the series finds Amelia Bedelia and her employers going camping...as always Amelia's literal minded approach means lots of misunderstanding between what the Rodger's tell her to do and what Amelia does.As always, Amelia Bedelia does EXACTLY as she is told (let's hit the road leaves Amelia hitting the road with a stick and I think we can all guess what happens when it's time to pitch the tent)!!In the end, its Amelia's big heart (and extraordinary cooking ability) that saves the day (as usual) when the Rodger's get fed up with all the misunderstandings!!Young readers will love to hear this story read out loud, but it's also a find book for readers just starting out!Amelia, I think, will be around for generations to come, the stories are simple, but hilarious and the illustrations are just darling!Always a good way to get a discussion going about how we use words and how a word or phrase can have several meanings...plus it's just plain fun!

Rita says this book gets five stars....
My granddaughter Rita is helping me write this review.She says this is one of her favorite books, and she recommends it to other kids. Rita readthis book when she was in first grade.She's in second grade thisyear. A Great Book for Beginners
This is a great book for young children. There is no bad language just good, clean reading. It's funny and amusing and will keep your children laughing. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who takes her instructions quiteliterally. Reading the list of chores that her employer has left her, Amelia begins with "Dust the furniture." How odd, Amelia thinks to herself. "At my house we undust the furniture." Nonetheless, she dutifully locates the "Dusting Powder" in the bathroom, and proceeds to sprinkle it all over the living-room furniture and floor. Next she is asked to "Draw the drapes when the sun comes in." So of course, Amelia sits down with a sketchpad and gives it her best shot. Children love reading about the antics of silly Amelia Bedelia for myriad reasons. It's anearly reader book, so children in primary grades can take satisfaction in reading the book on their own. But, even more thrilling, children who are 6 and older can successfully interpret the figurative meaning behind most adult idioms. Being told to "keep an eye on the cat," for example, might compel some preschoolers to stick their eyeballs on a cat's face, eliciting peals of laughter from know-it-all grownups. But older children know better, and they love the fact that they know better. Young readers will find this bumblingly charming, eager-to-please housekeeper as irresistible as Amelia Bedelia's employers do. (Ages 6 and older) Read more

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We Love You Amelia Bedelia!
This is surly a kids favorite since I was a little girl!We join Amelia Bedelia as she starts her first day of work for the Rodgers.They rush off shortly after she arrives, but they've left her a list of things to do.Should be a snap, as all the tasks are simple and clearly stated...but that's what you think...Amelia Bedelia begins completing each chore in quite a literal fashion...drawing the drapes and much, much more!Younger kids (1-4) will like the silliness of it and beginner readers and more savvy grade schoolers (5-8) will like that's it's simple and clever/silly too!I recommend it without reservation! I'm sure Amelia will be with us, teaching fine lessons about the words we use and the many means they can have for generations to come!

Draw the curtain
A great, witty book that my 4-year old loved.Made her think about the different meanings of words.

Amelia Bedelia
In a language where so many words and phrases have multiple meanings, there's no doubt that the literal-minded Amelia can be kept busy through many a book.The fact that it's funny is just the thing to get young readers hooked.
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funny book
I love the illustrations in this book very much and it's a funny story, kind of a like a guide to what to NOT do when you're babysitting :)

abslotely charming
this book has to be the most charming and yet funiest book i have ever read! i will always remember this book, and it always makes me laugh so hard, because it is just like her to take the babysitting job the wron way, because she thinks everything for the baby is ment for her

I loved this book as a kid
I loved the illustrations in it but I felt sorry for the baby missing out on the toys and the baby powder and the walk(you have to read it to get it) I love how amelia made strawberry tarts yum! ... Read more

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You Won't Be Disappointed
Amelia Bedelia, the extremely literal housekeeper who is adored by children all over the world turns 40 this year. Created in 1963 by Peggy Parish, Amelia Bedelia has amused and entertained children of all ages ever since. Amelia is a very literal housekeeper, and if not for her exceptional skill in the kitchen baking goodies, it is hard to think that she would be employed at all! Her literalness is the root of many adventures and the cause of great hi-jinx and amusement.
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I loved this book as a kid
amelia bedelia is teaching a classroom but she does everything wrong but in such a funny way! Calling the roll, practicing a "play", "painting" pictures, planting "bulbs" and literally doing math problems with apples has neverbeen funnier than in this book! Read it and you'll see why

Amelia Bedelia is a Teacher now, Oh my!
One day, while Amelia Bedelia, the housekeeper who literally takes everything literally, was cleaning, the phone rang. It was Mrs. Rogers, calling from the airport. She was supposed to meet the new teacher, but the plane was late. To further complicate matters the phone was out at the school. Mrs. Rogers wants Amelia to go by the school and tell them the teacher will not be there today. Amelia attempts to do just that, but the principal mistakes her for the new teacher and that's when all the fun starts. Amelia Bedelia teaching a classroom full of children, imagine that. Well, my almost three-year-old son Devon and I imagine it all the time.
Oh no! Amelia Bedelia is a Teacher now.
One day, while Amelia Bedelia, the housekeeper who literally takes everything literally, was cleaning, the phone rang. It was Mrs. Rogers, calling from the airport. She was supposed to meet the new teacher, but the plane was late. To further complicate matters the phone was out at the school. Mrs. Rogers wants Amelia to go by the school and tell them the teacher will not be there today. Amelia attempts to do just that, but the principal mistakes her for the new teacher and that's when all the fun starts. Amelia Bedelia teaching a classroom full of children, imagine that. Well, my almost three-year-old son Devon and I imagine it all the time.
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An Educator's Recommendation
This is an entertaining summer adventure theme.Great light reading for a summer program, this book could also be a good back to school discussion starter or writing prompt to freshen up the traditional "What I Did On My Summer Vacation."Young readers will be surprised to learn that Peggy Parish wrote about characters other than Amelia Bedelia. ... Read more

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Amelia Bedelia is the BEST!
When I was a kid, I wore Merry Christmas Amelia Bedelia out!I probably couldn't tell you much about the plot, but anybody who's ever read an Amelia Bedelia book knows that it's all about her doing everything wrong!The only thing that sticks with me is the picture of Amelia stuffing the Christmas stockings with turkey stuffing, which to this day I find hilarious.I don't know what it is about this one particular story, maybe it's because it's the only Amelia Bedelia book I ever read, but I love it just the same.I my mind, it ranks up there with Charlotte's Web and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; it's just one of those funny, timeless books that fed my lifelong passion for reading and writing.

Merry Christmas Amelia Bedelia
This book is really good for children of all ages.It shows you that you have to explain things in detail, because someone might take you literally.The writer is comical and serious at the ssame time which is a good combonation.This book also shows that you can mess up and things can still come out right.

My Review of Merry Christmas Amelia Bedelia
I think that this is a good book for little kids.It is fun for them to read.When little kids read this they always laugh at how Amelia always makes mistakes.She always seems to do something wrong. ... Read more

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book reivew
It was a good book for young children.There grandparents hide a treasure.

Key to a Great Time
As a child I read "Key to the Treasure"by Peggy Parish at least three times, if not more. I became enraptured with the story line from the very beginning as the accidental discovery of a piece of paper rolled up in an old Indian war bonnet turns into the adventure of a lifetime for three young children.
Loved it as a kid
Have you ever searched for hidden treasure?Jed and his twin siblings Bill and Liza do just that in The Key to the Treasure.These three adventurous youngsters must solve clues and do it secretly so that they can surprise their grandparents.Along the way they often learn to set aside their differences and work together. Read more

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Making Mistakes
This book is about the humor of taking things literally. Amelia Bedelia goes from job to job making mistakes because she does things so literally. Once, she saw a sign on a dress shop that said HELP WANTED. She went in and the store owner asked could she sew and Amelia say yes that she was handy with a needle. The owner showed her some dresses that had been marked and asked Amelia to shorten them. Amelia looked at the dresses and said "I don't need to sew to do this".
Come Back, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book 2)
This book helped my seven year old get into reading... I'm very happy with this purchase...

Amelia Bedelia is Job Hunting, Look Out!
When Amelia Bedelia, the housekeeper who literally takes everything literally, brings Mrs. Rogers her cereal with coffee, the woman takes one look at those flakes floating around in her coffee cup and fires Amelia before she gets a chance to fill her creme puffs. Amelia, one who always sees the bright side of life, sets out to find a job. First she goes to work in a beauty shop, but when she's told to pin up a customer's hair and does it with pins from her purse, she is fired. Then she finds work in a dress shop as a seamstress, but she shortens all the dresses with a scissors and is fired. As a file clerk, she stamps on the letters with her feet when told to stamp them and files papers with a fingernail file when told to file them. And when she goes to work for a doctor, well, you'll just have to read this book to your child to find out what mischief she gets into there. Fortunately she makes a terrific cream puff, because when she remembers she forgot to fill them and goes by the Rogers', they hire her back, because those cream puffs are just oh so good.
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This Party is Not All Wet...Despite the Hose!
Amelia Bedelia is always a simple, fun and entertaining read!In this volume, we find Amelia and her cousin in charge of setting up a surprise wedding shower for a friend of her employer Mrs. Rogers.In typical Amelia Bedelia fashion, the literal meaning of the requests and orders given and the intended meaning are two different things entirely...it's always fun to watch kids register that the words in the story really do mean two different things (like filling a bowl with cut flowers...simple, yet taken literally, you get something entirely different from it...this is the joy of Parish's writing).Parish always does it with just the right amount of frivolity and light-hearted humor that it's impossible not to love Amelia Bedelia despite all the trouble she causes!I love the Amelia Bedelia series as a read aloud because it's so much fun, but the Amelia Bedelia series is also ideal for young readers, especially those just starting to read on their own!There are not a lot of words on each page, but what is there is easy to understand and conveyed succinctly and with humor and the illustrations are perfectly matched to the text (with a slightly old fashioned feel to them).You just can't go wrong with these books!

Rain on the Parade
Wedding Shower!As soon as the word shower is mentioned, trust Amelia Bedelia, the world's most foolish maid to get out the hose and drench everybody.It's a wonder she was allowed anywhere near the party.

Sweet Amelia Bedelia
I am not a huge fan of the books, but I do like to read about the things she does.It is quite humerous to read she does things literally.Quite genius of the writer to come up with such a wonderful and well-meaning character.I love the fact that Amelia Bedelia takes every situation in stride and does exactly as she is told.Read more

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Great travel CD
I purchased a couple of different Books on CD for a long trip.Amelia Bedelia was one of the funniest.My 7 yr old son enjoyed it alot.I will also be able to either give them to the schools now for there use or keep them and borrow them out.I haven't quite yet decided.Whatever I do they will be enjoyed for years to come. ... Read more

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really really funny
amelia bedelia is very genuine in the sense that she just wants to make people happy but she ends up taking everything literally and doing just the opposite but in a funny way. She "staked" the beans, fed the chickens "scraps"...of cloth! And made "tea" cake that everyone raved over for instance.

Great entertaining book!
This is a very funny book and is especially good to be read to toddlers.When Amelia is asked to stake the beans, she ties steak to them.When she's asked to make a tea cake, she makes one with tea in it.It offers a very good example of how what we say makes all the difference in the world, and whether or not what we are saying is what is being understood.When Amelia is asked to weed the garden, she thinks she's supposed to add more weeds, not "unweed it" as she states in the story.It's a little long - about 50 pages in my edition so it's a little much for a youngster to sit through but if they can do it like mine can, it is a great book to teach.I highly recommend this one.

This is a really good book
I think that Amelia Bedelia Helps Out is a good book. Amelia Bedelia is funny. She does everything the wrong way. She feeds the chickens with cloth instead of chicken food. She also makes her Tea cake the wrong way. She didn't pull the right weeds in the garden. I like it because Amelia Bedelia like to help out and I do too. ... Read more

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A Funny Wounderful book!
When I was little my dad read this book to me some of the things i didn't get but after he told me the scoup i got it (and learned somthing new too). meet amelia's family!!
My 7 year old son checked this book out for the library and started reading it alund to me on the way home.We have read several amelia books before and this gave us an inside look at her"family" Amelia Bedelia's Family Album
This is a good resource to use for both content-area teachers and ELL teachers alike when introducing metaphors for the first time in elementary school. For ELL teachers, I think this book would be suitable for 3rd or 4th graders who have solid comprehension skills of basic idioms. It would be too hard for newcomers. ... Read more

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Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia is the best book.
Play ball, Amelia Bedelia reminded me of when the my team the Yankaes almost got beat but we won. I really liked this book.

Amelia Bedelia
Themes: Sometimes the literal meaning of certain phrases is not what they are intended to mean.Even if you get confused, holding a positive attitude and trying hard will pay off in the end.
Amelia Bedelia "literally" plays the game of baseball
Not since Abbot asked Costello "Who's on First?" has the national pastime been taken so literally.Taking things literally is precisedly what Amelia Bedelia has been doing ever since she first became a housekeeper.Tell her to "Dust the furniture" and she will dutifully find the Dusting Powder and do as she was told, even though at her house they undust the furniture.In Peggy Parish's "Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia," the Grizzlies baseball team is in trouble when one of their players gets sick and they need a replacement for their big game with the Tornadoes.Who steps up to the plate to save the day up the literal-minded Amelia Bedelia.Read more

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Yes, Really! Thank You, Amelia Bedelia!
Yes, we always enjoy Amelia's adventure's and in this volume, we find Mrs. Rodgers rushing about getting read for Great-Aunt Myra visit.As usual, she gives Amelia a list of things to do while she's out and about (make a jelly roll, strip the sheets, check Mr. Rodgers shirts) and off she goes fulfilling those requests in the absolutely literal way that only Amelia Bedelia can!Kids will be amused to no end as Amelia tries to roll jelly around on the counter and paints checks on Mr. Rodgers shirts...watch out for her spot removal...it's a doozy!Amelia Bedelia books are a fine way to introduce children to the concept that what we say isn't always EXACTLY what we mean!Great for read aloud stores for kids age 1-5 as well as a fine beginning reader book for ages 5-7.Kids of all ages will love the hilarity of how Amelia gets the job done!Another hit with my kids!!

Thank You, Amelia Bedelia
I use the book in my listening center.The students listen to the tape and read along in the book.It worked great.The students loved reading and looking at the pictures with the tape.Amelia Bedelia is a great book for any student, but I know my second graders love her.They think she is funny.

Funny details
I am a kinder and I read this book. Mrs. Rojers dress was spotidand Amelia Bedelia cut spots of the dress ... Read more

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Daughter can't get enough
My 10-yr-old loved this book and has been asking for more of these series of mysteries.I haven't found them in the stores easily, but I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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I love this book
I love the delicious "cakes" she makes and how she misunderstands everything and takes it literally. I was laughing so hard when she served mr and mrs rogers a "chicken dinner" of cracked corn and a "sponge" cake!!! too hilarious

Check it out from the library, but don't buy it.
The book I am reading is"Good Work Amelia Bedelia," by Peggy Parish. I think everybody should read this book because it's easy to read and it's funny. I think you should check it out from the library, so youwon't waste your money. ... Read more

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Great travel CD
We took a trip through 4 states and had purchased 5 sets of books on CD.They all worked out great.We put them in our portable DVD player w/double headset jacks and 2 of us could listen at the same time.We laughed together at how silly Amelia Bedelia can be.Great purchases with many years of enjoyment left in them. ... Read more

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The cool monster
Title: No More Monsters for Me OK
Minneapolis Simpkin wants a pet.She and her mother fight about it all the time.Then one day she finds one, but it is a monster.But how can she ask her mom for a monster?Minneapolis hides the monster in her basement.When it eats everything in her house, she does not know what to do. Fun book!
My daughter has a fascination for monsters, so I knew that she would adore this book. Now she has a book about a monster that I can read to her at bedtime without worry of bad dreams. It's a very cute story. ... Read more

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The Ghosts of Cougar Island
...Have you ever had a spooky summer break? Well, I'll tell you this, Liza, Jed, and Bill had one spooky break that could go in the record books. Three siblings go on a vacation to their grandparent's house on Pirate Island. Bill, Liza, and Jed find a little opening in some bushes near their grandparent's house, which leads them right up to a beach that shows Cougar Island. After asking their Gran and Grandpa, they realize a rich family once owned it and when they died out, legend says whoever trespasses on the land will be haunted for life. That makes the three even more eager to go and see if the legend is true. Locals of the Island say they see ghost lights at night on Cougar Island. When Jed, Liza, and Bill find out its true, they aren't as excited about going to the Island.Then one of the neighbors, Hermit Dan, is missing some of his stuff. And the newspaper says that they still can't find the thieves who stole from several banks in the area. Do you think Jed, Liza, and Bill will have the guts to go and find who this ghost thief is?Read more

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