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Herman Parish

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The United States

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male

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Children's Books

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Herman Parish is the author of Amelia Bedelia children's book series, nephew of original author, Peggy Parish. Having grown up with his aunt’s tales of Amelia’s humorous misadventures, Herman decided to carry on the legacy after his aunt’s death in 1988. He did not wish to entrust the future of the series into the hands of a children’s author outside of the family. Since Peggy had the summers off from teaching, she was able to stay with the Parish family for extended periods of time, allowing Herman and Peggy to develop a close relationship. More importantly, this gave Herman a chance to keenly observe Peggy during her writing processes, gaining great insight to the road ahead of him. To carry on the essence of the series, Herman thoroughly...more

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Books by Herman Parish

Average rating: 4.05 · 3,239 ratings · 234 reviews · 29 distinct works

	Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 1,307 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor (Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator), Peggy Parish (Creator) 4.00 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations) 4.06 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations) 3.72 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Amelia Bedelia Goes Back to School by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Happy Haunting, Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 100 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Amelia Bedelia's Masterpiece (Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations) 3.97 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Amelia Bedelia and the Cat by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations) 3.86 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	My rating: