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Amelia Bedelia has been flying kites, throwing her hat into the ring, hitting the spot, and getting things shipshape for forty years. To mark the 40th anniversary of the classic series, Greenwillow Books and HarperCollins are pulling out the stops--and Amelia Bedelia, of course, will be putting in her two cents!
Books keeping warm in handsewn jackets, brave librarians fending off mighty prehistoric reference books--Amelia Bedelia must be helping out at the library! She may not know the difference between a stegosaurus and a thesaurus, but Amelia Bedelia will go to any lengths to make reading fun . . . and that includes "borrowing" the bookmobile and driving to a bookstore to replace a devoured book. New readers and devoted fans won't be able to keep their noses out of this one.
[set burst] Over 19 million Amelia Bedelia books sold!
The Amelia Bedelia Books
"No child can resist Amelia [Bedelia] and her literal trips through the minefield of the English language--and no adult can fail to notice that she's usually right when she's wrong." --The New York Times Book Review
Author Notes
Children's book author Herman Parish is the nephew of Peggy Parish, the creator of the beloved Amelia Bedelia series. After his aunt died in 1988, he decided to continue Amelia's adventures himself and has since published more than a dozen stories featuring the comical housekeeper. Parish is a popular speaker in libraries and schools throughout the United States.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-3-The literal-minded maid returns to create another ruckus. The author hauls out every corny pun and conceivable stereotype about books and libraries to introduce beginning readers to the joys of reading. Much of the wordplay is explained through the colorful illustrations. The book is, however, more of a string of events designed to include book-related puns than a cohesive story, and it's wordier than previous books in the series. Fans may welcome a new Amelia Bedelia title, but this one definitely doesn't live up to Peggy Parish's originals.-Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Amelia Bedelia is back and she's volunteering in the library in Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm by Herman Parish (the nephew of creator Peggy Parish), illus. by Lynn Sweat. Misunderstandings abound when literal-minded Amelia Bedelia heads to a bookstore after the librarian tells her "to go by the book" (as in, "rules are rules"). (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
Although the wordplay is weaker than usual in this Amelia Bedelia book, the art is humorous and librarians will enjoy watching the hapless housekeeper have her way with the local library. A. B. knits little jackets for the books, tries to find a thesaurus (What kind of dinosaur is that?), and when the librarian says take our bookmobile . . ., she does. All ends well, as it always does for this well-intentioned patron saint of the literal-minded. From HORN BOOK Spring 2004, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
K-Gr. 3. A worthy addition to the Amelia Bedelia series, 40 years after the first adventure debuted, this latest escapade is set in motion when Amelia returns some books to the library. Mrs. Page, the librarian, needs new book jackets, so Amelia, naturally, obliges and fashions some cute little coats, complete with sleeves and buttons, for the books. From there, the queen of literal mindedness creates a clamor for bookmarks, makes a pen drop, and even drives off with the library's bookmobile. Parish fashions an enjoyable set of misunderstandings with a happy ending true to his aunt's formula (the head librarian laughs at being called a know-it-all and announces a parade), while Sweat's cartoony, watercolor-and-pen illustrations are in tune with the zaniness of previous Amelia Bedelia adventures. A fun visit to a familiar place, this is also a good introduction to such familiar phrases as devouring a book, judging a book by its cover, and going by the book (or as Amelia would hear it, Go buy the book ). --Abby Nolan Copyright 2003 Booklist