Title: The Amelia Bedelia Treasury
Author: Peggy Parish
Illustrator: Fritz Siebel and Barbara Siebel Thomas
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers http://www.harpercollins.com/
Publication Date: 1965
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Audience: Grades 1-3
Overview: This is a compilation of 3 different Amelia Bedelia books. Amelia Bedelia is a maid with all the right intentions but she is easily confused. Her silly antics lead to even sillier situations. All three stories are about Amelia's encounters with the dreaded list of chores. She interprets her list of things to do totally different than anyone else. But she always figures out a way to make things better in the end.
Activity: In the story, Amelia's employers get fed up with her mistakes but they handle it very well. I think this story could be a good lesson as to how to handle frustration and how important it is to have patience. I would pick different situations that Amelia gets herself into and hand a different one to each student. Then i would have them write about what they would do if they were Amelia's boss.
Reviewer's Name: Gina DeBartolome
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