Amelia Bedelia Storybook Treasury: A Fun Collection About Words for Children

Young Amelia Bedelia

by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrator)

Five stories about young Amelia Bedelia—plus fun games, puzzles, and word scrambles—make the Amelia Bedelia Storybook Treasury an irresistible read-aloud, the perfect gift book, and a terrific way to explore the English language and expand vocabulary! This value-priced storybook collection features five previously published stories about the childhood of Amelia Bedelia, including Amelia Bedelia's First Day at School, Amelia Bedelia's First Field Trip, Amelia Bedelia Makes a Friend, Amelia Bedelia Sleeps Over, and Amelia Bedelia Hits the Trail. The Amelia Bedelia books are great for reading together and ideal for children just learning to read on their own. Amelia Bedelia's legendary mix-ups with words, idioms, and language make practicing reading comprehension and expanding vocabulary fun. This 192-page book is illustrated in full color throughout and also features games, puzzles, and activities. With Amelia Bedelia, anything can happen—and it usually does!

192 pages, Hardcover

First published December 23, 2013

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

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, silly Amelia is no longer a maid, but a young girl experiencing a sleep over for the fist time. She still gets confused about things with double meanings. I thought AB was so funny when I was a child. I wish her new incarnation the best.

[Margaret Chind]

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read to students "First day of school". The kiddos LOVED that Amelia easily mixed things up/ didn't understand the meanings of the phrases being said to her. Gave them an easy laugh about their first day. Must purchase for future first days! Have worksheet in beginning of year files.

[Yolanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love both the old and new Amelia Bedelia books.