Mr. and Mrs. Rogers want to have a party for Amelia Bedelia.
The three pore through Amelia''s family album to select the guests,
while Amelia Bedelia tells what each family member does. Each
description, of course, is open to gross misinterpretation as
Amelia gives each occupation its own special twist. Her cousin, a
boxer, packs boxes; Aunt Mary, a bank teller, tells people in the
bank where to go; her cousin Chester is a printer who can''t use
＂proper writing＂; and her bookkeeper cousin k
內容簡介：
All in the Family who could be more zany than Amelia Bedelia,
everyone''s favorite literal-minded housekeeper? Her family, of
course! Meet the wacky members of this very original and
entertaining family!
關於作者：
The late Peggy Parish, well known for her stories about Amelia
Bedelia, wrote many popular books for children, including Dinosaur
Time, illustrated by Arnold Lobel.
"I hate reading but your books are changing my opinion." This
letter, from a young Peggy Parish fan, comes as no surprise to the
teachers and librarians who have put her books in the hands of
children over the years. Ms. Parish wrote nearly three dozen
children''s books-many of which include her most famous character,
the literal-minded maid named Amelia Bedelia.
Peggy Parish knew what children like to read. After graduating from
the University of South Carolina with a degree in English, she
taught school in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and, for over 15 years, at the
well-known, progressive Dalton School in New York City. It was at
Dalton that she began to find ways to release her creative ideas
and energy, Though she never took a writing course, "writing
stories for children came naturally." Her first book, published in
1961, was followed with Let''s Be Indians and in 1963 with her
unforgettable Amelia Bedelia.
Always involved with education in some way, Peggy Parish did
television pieces on preschool education and children''s books,
wrote children''s-book review columns, and led numerous in-service
training workshops for teachers. In discussing her ideas about
education, she said, "Children''s rights are taken away from them
when they enter school. What I try to show teachers is that all the
skills needed to read can be taught outside of textbooks. Today''s
children are not going to read what they are not interested in. And
if a positive attitude toward reading is not developed during the
first three years of school, it is virtually impossible to develop
it later."
After living in New York for many years, Peggy Parish returned to
her native South Carolina. She died in November, 1988. But Ameila
Bedelia did not die. Peggy Parish''s nephew, Herman Parish, has
written Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia and Bravo, Amelia Bedelia!,
published by Greenwillow Books in 1995 and 1997 respectively.
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