Luckily, she's not performing appendectomies or anything like that-she's just helping out by answering phones and such in Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia, also written by Herman Parish. I can deal with Amelia's misadventures in cooking and cleaning, but I'm not so sure the misunderstandings would be as funny in a doctor's office. Sounds like Herman got it just right to me!ĩ. Rogers takes Amelia for a driving lesson, and when his directions include looking for a fork in the road, our favorite bumbling housekeeper finds herself trying to spot abandoned cutlery. His first book, Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia, picked up right where his aunt left off. The two of them had developed a close rapport and he was aware of her writing process and style. In 1995, her nephew Herman took up the mantle. Peggy Parish, Amelia's creator, died in 1988. You guys probably know that 'pitching a tent' doesn't involve chucking the whole mess of poles and nylon into the bushes, but AB doesn't.Ĩ. Bedelia did when she was told to 'steal home plate' in Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia.ħ. It doesn't take much imagination to figure out what Ms. Rogers found that out the hard way when they sat down to a meal that chickens would eat-cracked corn-in Good Work, Amelia Bedelia.Ħ.

Be careful if you ask Amelia to make a chicken dinner.

I don't know'¦ since some trendy cakes and pastries made with matcha (green tea) powder these days? Maybe Amelia was a gourmand and we just didn't realize it.ĥ. In Amelia Bedelia Helps Out she also makes tea cakes by using tea as an ingredient. I remember that Amelia tying expensive steak to the green bean plants after she is told to 'stake the beans' always used to make me giggle. In the same book, she's told to 'Draw the drapes.' What's a girl to do but get out her sketchpad and doodle a quick line drawing of the curtains?Ĥ. This includes 'dust the furniture.' She locates the dusting powder in the bathroom (a sign of the times, I suppose-this was first published in 1963) and carefully spreads it over all of the furniture in the house.ģ. In the first Amelia Bedelia book, which is self-titled, Amelia's employers leave her a list of household chores. After a moment of pondering where to get dates on such short notice, Amelia finds a calendar, clips out all of the dates and dumps them into her cake batter.Ģ.

In Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia, Amelia is making cakes and pies for the family to eat. Here are 10 Amelia Bedelia-isms I got a kick out of back in the day leave a comment and let us know which ones you were particularly fond of.ġ.

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