Amelia Bedelia Digs In

Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books #12

by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrator)

After a successful but exhausting Beach Ball, Amelia Bedelia and her family are all set for a relaxing week on the beach to wrap up their summer. But when Amelia Bedelia stumbles upon a clue from an old pirate captain, she springs into action in search of the long-lost treasure.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2018

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

[Yasmine · Rating 5 out of 5]

i liked this book

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it and it was also okay. I liked when Amelia Badelia went surfing.

[Dina · Rating 4 out of 5]

So glad Herman continued writing about Amelia Bedelia. I grew up reading his aunt’s books and am enjoying being able to read books by both authors to my daughter.

[Rachel B]

I read this to my 10-year-old niece, and she said, "I didn't like this one. It wasn't funny. We didn't laugh one time!"

[Caroline · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not as funny & clever as the original Amelia Bedelia books. It also wasn’t very cohesive.

[Sehar · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a lovely book

[Anna Salvesen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amelia Bedelia falls into a hole and grabs onto something silver when they try to get her out. When they pull her out, she pulls out a big treasure of coins.

[Jessica OToole]

I grew up reading all of the Amelia Bedelia books. Rereading these made me wonder... "Hmm, what did I like so much about these again... other than the weird humor..." Such an interesting series of books. I was always reading the shorter picture books so when I came across a chapter book I had to see if it was any different. I think it is a great book that can lighten the mood in any classroom and this one can be related to friendship and mystery.