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Herman Parish

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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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Average rating: 4.16 · 7,928 ratings · 399 reviews · 36 distinct works · Similar authors

	Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 4,567 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor (Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator), Peggy Parish (Creator) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations) 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations) 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrator) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Haunting, Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 143 ratings — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrator) 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Bedelia's Masterpiece (Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist? by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Herman Parish

I Can Read Book-Level 2 (168 books)
by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator)
4.15214399564592 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 128,615 ratings

Amelia Bedelia I Can Read! (20 books)
by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator)
4.13533228978283 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 65,801 ratings

Young Amelia Bedelia (6 books)
by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrator)
3.6795952782462056 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 593 ratings

I Can Read Book, Level 2 (1 book)
by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator), Peggy Parish (Creator)
4.126288659793815 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 388 ratings

Young Amelia Bedelia - I Can Read! (3 books)
by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrations)
3.676190476190476 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 105 ratings

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