Over 35 million copies of books in the series have been sold. Amelia Bedelia has been referenced for its use of language and portrayal of gender norms. The idea for the book came from a former housekeeper as well as Peggy's third-grade students at the Dalton School in Manhattan who tended to confuse vocabulary, often with comic results. It was written by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Fritz Siebel, and published by Harper and Row in 1963. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission.Amelia Bedelia is the first book in the popular Amelia Bedelia children's picture book series about a housekeeper who takes her instructions literally.

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Isn’t Amelia amazing? What will she do next? Follow along in the other Amelia Bedelia books.Īmelia Bedelia is from Harper Collins Publishers Great-Aunt Myra has arrived and all the worries are set aside as she serves them a wonderful hot apple pie! She removes spots from the wrong dress and strings the green beans and scatters roses all over the room. Rogers shirts that have just arrived from the laundry – she unfolds each shirt and counts the buttons, collars and cuff to verify that they are all there! Then she adds red paint to make them checkered - “Wouldn’t it be easier to buy they already checked?” she asks. You can imagine the results as she is directed to strip the sheets. Great-Aunt Myra is coming today! “We need everything to be just right, we’ve been trying to get her to visit us for years.”

Thank you Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Barbara Siebel Thomas based on the original drawings by Fritz Siebel America’s favorite housekeeper is at it again, what will happen now? Follow her adventures as she prepares everything for the Rogers in anticipation of a visit from Great-Aunt Myra.

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