Amelia Bedelia Storybook Favorites #2 (Classic): A Treasury of Funny Stories with Games and Puzzles for Kids

by Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator)

Bake a cake, rescue a cat, and treat patients along with Amelia Bedelia! This treasury includes three stories starring classic Amelia Bedelia, games, puzzles, and a sticker page. Perfect for storytime sharing and read-alouds. Hooray! With Amelia Bedelia, anything can happen—and it usually does! Laugh along with literal-minded Amelia Bedelia in   A melia Bedelia Bakes Off, Amelia Bedelia and the Cat,  and  Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia. This treasury is a terrific way to improve reading comprehension, expand vocabulary, and spend quality time together. Games, puzzles, and stickers add to the fun. Amelia Bedelia has been making readers laugh since 1963, when the first Amelia Bedelia book was published. Come join the fun! This compilation was originally published as Amelia Bedelia Storybook Treasury #2 (Classic) .

192 pages, Hardcover

Published October 6, 2020

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.