Herman Parish

Amelia Bedelia has a wonderful time at her first slumber party.

When Amelia Bedelia wakes up with a fever, she passes the time learning about weather, resting, and eating some chicken soup.

When Harry, the class pet, gets out while at Amelia Bedelia's school break, Amelia and her friends must find him.

Picked last for kickball, Amelia Bedelia gets another chance to prove her athleticism when her class holds a mini-Oylympics.

"Amelia Bedelia loses her tooth . . . and then she loses it again. But it's finders keepers in the end"--

Amelia Bedelia suggests that her Mom, who is feeling blue, go on a play date while Amelia Bedelia is doing the same, and then enlists her friends to help make chalk drawings on the house, sidewalk, and more to brighten Mom's day with her favorite things.

Amelia Bedelia and her friends host a bake sale to benefit their school library.

When Amelia Bedelia's aunt gives her dance lessons as an early birthday present, she agrees to give it a try and soon finds herself making new friends and discovering that there is something to like about many different kinds of dancing.

Amelia Bedelia's after-school routine includes playing on her swing set every day, but when she discovers that robins are building a nest atop her slide, she watches them raise a family, instead. When a robin begins building a nest on Amelia Bedelia's swingset, the literal-minded girl is torn between wanting to clear away the nest so she can continue playing and postponing her fun so she can watch the birds raise their babies.

"Young Amelia Bedelia will do almost anything for a shiny new bicycle. Her parents say they'll split the cost with her, and that means Amelia Bedelia needs to put the pedal to the metal and earn some dough! With Amelia Bedelia anything can happen, and it usually does"--