Amelia Bedelia Sets Sail

Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books #7

by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrations)

In the seventh chapter book in the New York Times bestselling series, Amelia Bedelia comes out of her shell and heads to the beach!Amelia Bedelia and her mother share a summer vacation home at the shore with her aunt Mary (her mother's sister) and her cousin Jason, who has a wicked sense of adventure and a nose for trouble. With a local girl named Pearl as guide, the cousins build sand castles, swim and body surf, and learn how to sail. As much fun as their nautical adventures are, the lives of this trio get way more exciting when they stumble upon pirates! The Amelia Bedelia chapter books star Amelia Bedelia as a young girl and feature funny family and friendship stories just right for fans of Judy Moody and Ivy + Bean. The Amelia Bedelia books have sold more than 35 million copies since we first met the iconic character in 1963!

Genres: Chapter Books, 2nd Grade, Childrens, 1st Grade, Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Middle Grade

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2015

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

[Ellora · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved reading this book. Amelia Bedelia goes to the beach to go see her aunt and her cousin.
Ellora, age 9

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

An adorable little story which is perfect for this summer time. :)

I never heard or read a book about this character, though it seems she has been around for a whole long time. I guess I will blame the fact that we barely have English books here in libraries and not everything gets translated (thankfully, as often Dutch translations change a lot of the fun).

This book was just pure adorableness. It is about a girl named Amelia Bedelia who is going on a vacation trip to her aunt and her cousin. They share a vacation house, and the whole book is about their summer vacation there. We got trips with a boat, we got fishing, swimming, building sandcastles, pirates (yes, really pirates!), eating delicious foods, and lots of fun word puns (which often fall flat because Amelia doesn't know them yet). You will also learn about boats and a few different fishes.

We also have a bit of a story going on, Jason is going out at night, to do what, you will have to find out. I loved that this was added, it gave a bit more depth, not only to the story, but also to the Jason character.

All the characters were really fun and I don't have one character that I didn't like. All of them had fun personalities and something that made them who they are. Amelia is a great main character, enthusiastic, open to trying new stuff, sweet to her parents and family and she loves learning new stuff. It was also great to see her sigh about her dad's silliness. :)

The book is filled with fun illustrations which were just terrific and fun.

You will be sure to laugh about all the things that Amelia does. You will enjoy reading about her vacation, about her parents and aunt, about the great adventures she has.

Ah! There was just one thing that I didn't particularly like, and which started to annoy me after a while. We get that her name is Amelia Bedelia, can we just skip it and call her Amelia? Do we need to call her Amelia Bedelia did this and that, or Amelia Bedelia's parents did this and that.

But I would really recommend this book. Are you looking for a fun summer book? Then try this one out.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

[Jena Hess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with my daughter ❤️

[Maria Cubilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary:
Amelia Bedelia goes on vacation to the beach with her parents. Her aunt as well as her favorite cousin, Jason, live near the beach so they are bound to have a great time. Amelia Bedelia and Jason build sand castles, swim and body surf, and even learn how to sail. However, Jason is keeping a secret, he is a pirate! When Amelia Bedelia finds this out their adventures only become more exciting.

Questions:
1. Amelia Bedelia’s favorite place to vacation on is the beach. Where is your favorite place to vacation and why?

2. Metal Man is someone who finds items that were thought to be lost forever. Think of an object that you have lost that you would wish to find. What is that item and why is it so important that you find it?

3. Amelia Bedelia sees Jason sneaking out at night to be joined with other pirates. Would you question Jason about it or keep his secret? Why or why not.

4. If you were one of the pirates what would you do differently to make sure the plan went smoothly?

5. The Beach Ball is a tradition celebrated by Amelia Bedelia's family. What is a tradition that you and your family celebrate? Draw a picture of such tradition.

Parish, H., & Avril, L. (2015). Amelia Bedelia Sets Sail. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.

[Sonya Bright]

Having never read an Amelia Bedlia book in my life (in fact, I'd never even heard of this so-so-famous series until recently - maybe because I'm not American), I didn't know what to expect.

Apparently these newer books are very different to the older ones, but this would be a fun read for younger (chapter book) readers.

The illustrations are cute. In fact, I think the illustrations were my favourite thing about the book!

[Debra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not sure when I grew old and stopped finding Amelia Bedelia and her inability to understand language patterns and meanings funny, but I guess I have. This won't last long in my collection, but currently I have a few students who love this longer version of the Herman Parish character that used to make me laugh out loud over and over again.

I had to force myself to return to this book in order to finish it. If I had not put it on my Goodreads list, I would have abandoned it.

[Bella H · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite Amelia Bedelia book from the second grade! I used to love books when the main character is on vacation, and still do! I love it!! I understand why people say that it was a mistake making Amelia a child instead of an adult, but this was a childhood favorite and we can agree to disagree! I recommend this book to girls 6-9.

[Kayla · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think rebranding Amelia Bedelia as a little girl instead of as an absent-minded adult was a big mistake. Most of the charm from the original concepts have been stripped bare and turned into another forgettable kids' story.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can't quit Amelia Bedelia!

[Lorraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, super cute. The kiddo enjoyed this nautical adventure.

[Callie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sooo Funny!

[Fenco Chen]

Lexile®: 690L

[Katy Morford]

Read with Ella 9/25

[Cynthia Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful!

[Haelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought Amelia Bedelia Sets Sail was amazing, I finished it in 2 days!

This is the seventh book I have read in the Amelia Bedelia series. The main character is a girl named Amelia Bedelia, who gets confused by the meanings of words. Like all the Amelia Bedelia books, Amelia Bedelia did not understand when there are two ways to say stuff like “have a whale of a time” means have a big, exciting time!

My favorite part of this book was when Amelia Bedelia went out of the window, and her cousin Jason went out the window with pirate clothes and he had a group of pirates. Now I want to stay up late at night and act like a pirate, kind of like in Treasure Island.

I did not like when Amelia Bedelia woke up when she was almost all the way asleep, because I don’t like it when that happens to me!

If I were Herman Parish I would change it so that Amelia Bedelia does know the other meanings of words.

I will tell my friends to read this book, especially if they want to read a book about a girl that is our age and always tries to do her best, but sometimes does not know what words mean.

-Haelyn (Age 6)

[Cecelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amelia Bedelia went on vacation to her Aunt Mary's house. She has a son named Jason who is Amelia Bedelia's cousin. There is going to be a "Beach Ball" (ball, like a party, not like a huge beach ball). One night Amelia Bedelia sees Jason go into the closet and change clothes quickly, then climb out the window. The next night, she follows him out the window. She follows him all the way to a secret meeting place. There were a bunch of boys dressed up like pirates. Amelia Bedelia heard their plans. Their plans were to soak the Beach Ball. When it was finally the day of the Beach Ball, all the boys dressed as pirates came on top of the roofs of the buildings and they dropped beach balls onto the parade for the beginning of the Beach Ball. But then Amelia Bedelia sees a fire caught on one of the flags in a pirate ship float. She takes one of Jason's beach balls and drops it on the fire because she knows it is filled with water.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although Amelia Bedelia Sets Sail is a chapter book for ages 6-10, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Written by Herman Parish and illustrated by Lynne Avril, it tells the story of Amelia and her parents going to visit Aunt Mary and cousin Jason and then spending time at the beach. Broken down into fourteen chapters, it also includes a page explaining the physics of sailing, Amelia Bedelia's recipe for mud pie and two pages that explain idioms. The font is big and there are many cute illustrations. It is the seventh chapter book in the series and beginning readers are going to want to read them all!

[Jtimko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amelia Bedelia enjoys a beach vacation with her Aunt Mary and cousin Jason.
This is the seventh book in the adventures of Amelia Bedelia written in chapter book form by the nephew of Peggy Parish. The story is strewn with the typical mis-understandings that faced Amelia as a young girl. Humorous black and white drawings are scattered throughout the book. The chapter book format will have young readers who know the previous books will enjoy this series also. Recommended for grades 2 through 4.

[Natelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amelia Bedelia takes to the water again. Fish puns abound as her family visits her Aunt Mary and cousin Jason at the beach. As the town prepares for the Beach Ball, Amelia Bedelia begins to suspect pirates may still be planning dastardly acts here. Can she do anything about it?

As always, I enjoyed the silly pins. I also like Amelia Bedelia’s desire to do good in the world.

[Sharie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like that this series includes some traditional Amelia mix ups but doesn't over do it, sine the reading level is for an independent reader. Jokes aren't too complex for them. Good story in this one too.

[SamZ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this new AB update, but I still loved the old AB as a kid, too. This was a fun little beginning chapter book, and K (6.5) loved it! I wish they explained the double meanings a little better, though, since that is what gets Amelia Bedelia into so much trouble (and that is what is so funny).

[Carly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute.

[Aaron Gannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sam says: My favorite part is when the crab came on her ear and pinched her.

Amelia says: My favorite part is when Jason yells fire and he and his crew throw water balloons at the people.