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Amelia Bedelia and the Baby (I Can Read Book-Level 2)
Taking care of babyAmelia Bedelia has her hands full when she takes care of Mrs. Lane's baby. As usual, the literal-minded housekeeper mixes things up, but she also wins the heart of her newest and youngest fan.
Paperback, 64 pages
Published
February 17th 2004
by Greenwillow Books
(first published March 1st 1981)
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(Easy-to-Read)This is a great easy to read book. In this book Amelia has to be babysit an infant for the first time and boy does she have an experience! Children are introduced to problem solving, getting help from others and following directions! Amelia Bedelia has no idea how hard it is to babysit an infant but she soon learns how to improvise to make Missy happy, full and keep her from being fussy. The best thing about this book is the humor that it contains! Some of the silly mistakes that A...more
Easy-to-read: Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia books are great for beginner readers! Throwing a baby into Amelia Bedelia's antics was brilliant. Her tendency to take everything literally will get children laughing in no time and allowing them to have fun while reading. In the beginning of the book, Amelia Bedelia tells her boss, Mrs. Rogers that she does not know a thing about babies, but her boss insists that she babysit anyway. To no surprise to the reader Amelia Bedelia gets in all kinds of misc...more
I mostly remember this Amelia Bedelia book because it was the book my group chose in gifted class when we had to act out a book, and I got to be the baby. (I always loved being the baby if I possibly could in any play-pretend scenario.) As per usual with Amelia Bedelia, the text is full of Amelia misunderstanding what she's asked to do and interpreting requests literally. She has to give the baby a bottle, but none of the types of bottles she chooses are right! No, the baby won't accept them! Wh...more
Cute, but as a mom, I cringed at the fact that Amelia Bedelia feeds the baby solid foods that she's never eaten before. Of course, it works out fine in the story, but in real life this could've been disastrous. And if the neighbor hadn't stopped by, the poor baby never would've gotten her bottle. Somehow, the mother gets over all of this once she tastes Amelia's strawberry tarts (typical ending for Bedelia books). I love watching A.B. fumble housework to-do lists, but it's not so funny when ther...more
Amelia Bedelia has had a makeover in recent years. Herman Parish now writes stories of an endearing literal-minded child where the character's behavior is much less disturbing, and even developmentally appropriate. I think these classics will always be popular because they do appeal to that six-year-old sense of humor, but it's tough being the adult who has to take them at least seriously enough to make the story sound exciting to the reader. I actually think the fact that this book no longer ap...more
Mrs Rogers sends Amelia Bedelia to Mrs. Lane's to babysit a little baby. Amelia doesn't understand the directions. Doesn't know why the baby would want a bottle, gives the baby strawberry tarts, baby potatoes, baby hamburgers, baby tomatoes, ketchup, and the baby gets it all over. Mrs Lane would be mad when she comes home, but her baby likes Amelia and her food a lot.
Eh.
I don't think I am quite the Amelia Bedelia type of reader. She seems very inept (Amelia played with the toys while the baby fussed in the playpen). I suppose that is where the humor is, but it fell flat for me.
I believe Peggy Parish has passed on, but her son continues the stories. He presented at a school I taught at several years back.
I don't think I am quite the Amelia Bedelia type of reader. She seems very inept (Amelia played with the toys while the baby fussed in the playpen). I suppose that is where the humor is, but it fell flat for me.
I believe Peggy Parish has passed on, but her son continues the stories. He presented at a school I taught at several years back.
Amelia Bedelia will never get old. Her humor and imagination are the greatest. I love being able to read this to my nephews because they just laugh. She has never baby sat before and takes everything literally. This is a series of books that you can do a read aloud with students after lunch. She just lightens the mood and can make you happy for the rest of the day.
Apr 23, 2012
Ali Hembree
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5 of 5 stars
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ece-3601,
teaching-reading-spelling
When teaching students about homophones, you can not complete the unit without talking about Amelia Bedilia. In her many adventures, Amelia gets words mixed up all the time and gets in trouble because of it. I would use this book to teach 2nd and third grade students about homophones.
Apr 20, 2011
Sarah M.
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-books,
transitional
Amelia learns that she is good with babies after being nervous. Children who read this book can see that they don't know if they like something else they try it first. Even if your not sure about how to do something, you learn by just doing it.
I loved these books growing up . Amelia Bedilia was always so much fun to read The fact that she tried so hard and still managed to screw up and misunderstand the instructions left for her always cracked me up
This is another Amelia Bedelia book and with her, it’s always an adventure. Amelia is taking care of Mrs. Lane’s baby and of course she gets everything confused because she takes everything literally.
I like Amelia Bedelia. Amelia took care of the baby this time.
The list says,"Be sure to use the baby powder." But, Amelia used baby powder on her whole body! Not baby. But I like Amelia's funny failure!
The list says,"Be sure to use the baby powder." But, Amelia used baby powder on her whole body! Not baby. But I like Amelia's funny failure!
This book is very funny because Amelia B only knows how to bake stuff and she does not do good stuff at her job but she always bakes something to save the day.
Amelia Bedelia takes everything so literally. In this book, takes care of a baby even though she is worried about it. This book teaches kids to takes on challenges.
I read this book to my niece who is six. She was laughing out loud for this one. Reading about Amelia Bedelia taking care of a baby was pretty funny.
Amelia Bedelia is a baby sitter for the day. I liked it because the book was funny. It was funny because she used the baby powder on herself!
an internal conflict is when Amelia had no clue of how to babysit a baby for Ms. Lane. so Amelia the maid keeps switching and mixes things up creating a big mess.But heals her heart from her youngest fan. That was a mixture of internal and External. Book Book #10
There is never a dull moment when you're with Amelia Bedelia! Now, shes babysitting and boy oh boy, does she have a lot to learn ^_^
May 04, 2010
Kelechi
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We had a student who just had a new baby brother, so I felt that reading a book about a baby would entertain the kids!
Amelia Bedelia is very silly. She doesn't know anything about babies, but is a good cook.
This was my favorite Amelia Bedelia book from my childhood and my kids LOVE this one as well!
I grew up on Amelia books and every night when my mom would tuck me into bed, give me my stuffed animals and favorite blanket she would pile all the books I had selected onto my lap so I could start reading before bed. Usually the entire top of my bed was filled and I often fell asleep with a book laying over me. I remember always choosing as many Amelia books as I could and my mom always said she could hear me laughing from the other room while I read them. I recently started looking for copies...more
read this to my daughter cute book she loves Amelia Bedelia
I couldn't have lived my childhood without Amelia Bedelia.
On the suggested summer reading list for students.
Aug 31, 2011
Jazzie
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I think the book was amazing , i really like it.
I thought it was funny and weird.
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Peggy Parish was the author of the children's story series Amelia Bedelia. The series was continued, after her sudden death from an aneurysm, by her nephew Herman Parish. Peggy attended the University of South Carolina and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Herman honored Peggy's life in his book, Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia, by writing in its dedication: "For Peggy Parish, the real Am...more
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Herman honored Peggy's life in his book, Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia, by writing in its dedication: "For Peggy Parish, the real Am...more
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