Amelia Bedelia, Cub Reporter

Amelia Bedelia #29

by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrations)

After an incident involving a windowpane, a paperboy, and a duck, Amelia Bedelia finds herself reporting for the local school newspaper. No story is too small for Amelia Bedelia, and she reminds everyone exactly why she's so sensational!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Humor, 1st Grade

64 pages, Hardcover

First published July 3, 2012

About the author

Herman Parish (born 1953) 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 examined his aunt’s work and did his best to capture what exactly made the character of Amelia Bedelia such a hit. Having editor Susan Hirschman and illustrator Lynn Sweat in common with his aunt helped to make the transition. He has added thirteen more books to the series. Herman is a resident of Princeton, New Jersey, and travels to libraries and schools across the United States, speaking and inspiring young children. The importance of revising and editing is often stressed during these dynamic lectures. He has presented to students in more than 22 states.

-Wikipedia

***The photo at left is of Herman with his aunt, Peggy Parish, in 1985.

Reviews

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the better "new" Amelia Bedelias. It keeps the spirit of the older books by focusing on literal interpretations of cliched sayings or easily confused words. It's been updated by adding mention of computers, e-mail, etc.

The illustrations are very similar to the sketchy, loose style of the original books, while the coloring has been updated to a modern style.

[Manya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like Amelia Bedelia because she is very funny. When she opened the window she heard a loud noise. But she saw a newspaper coming right at her.

[Christine Salek · Rating 4 out of 5]

stunning realism

[Red · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son loves these books-- he thinks the literal vs. colloquial understanding of words/phrases is very funny. It's one of his favorite series from our library!

[Asho · Rating 3 out of 5]

L (6.5) recently discovered Amelia Bedelia books at our new library, and she's a fan. I remember liking them a lot at her age, too. This one isn't an original Amelia Bedelia, but it's pretty similar with the play on words of Amelia Bedelia taking metaphors literally or getting mixed up with homonyms. I had to explain some of the word play in the book to L, but she definitely got the concept and mostly understood the book.

[Melissa Namba · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this although it is not your standard amelia bedelia. in this book, she clearly understand the double entendres that she uses, but they are fun and goofy in the context of a school newspaper.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

DRA 24 - Good introduction to newspapers and reporting.

[Raven Black · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typical Amelia Bedelia story.

[Lonicocopuffs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amelia Bedelia, Gossip Girl!!!! Would have been the appropriate title cause girlll

[Anna Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with Cecilia 29 Jan & 5 Feb 2025

Amelia Bedelia up to her normal confusing and misunderstanding of words. Fun ensues for everyone.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute! This felt like old school Amelia Bedelia. Really enjoyed this, the headlines were so funny.

[Margaret Chind · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amelia Bedelia is always fun. I think this is the longest I Can Read! book I have seen so far at 64 pages but it is fun and entertainingly captivating that I think it will hold onto your emerging readers. Journey along with Amelia as she writes headlines for sensational stories. Great for vocabulary building and logic. It reminds me of the bloopers for church bulletins and signs, fun humorous with a twist of meaning. Right on par with Amelia Bedelia we know and love.

Thanks to HC.

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[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Um... I guess I'm a fan of the original Amelia Bedelia books, and of the Amelia Bedelia as a young girl books, but I'm not such a fan of the in between Amelia Bedelia books.

The story was fine, but so much of the humor was missing.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very funny! A new way to headline news articles...the local paper should read this and spice up their content. =)

[Laurie · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like 3.5 stars.

[Doren Damico · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amelia Bedelia books are always entertaining and educational. They make the reader think about literal and figurative language. This book can be used to discuss writing titles and headlines.

[Grace Morton · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a good report Amelia Bedelia! :)

[Whole And · Rating 4 out of 5]

Witty and clever, a great choice for the blooming young writer.

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with Naomi.