Author
Peggy Parish
6 books here
Come Back, Amelia Bedelia
Early reader · ages 4–8 · 480L · 1981
A pure-fun wordplay machine that sneaks language awareness into early readers; kids laugh hard and don't realize they're learning about literal vs. figurative meaning.
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
Early reader · ages 4–8 · 420L · 1981
The Amelia Bedelia formula works best when it's new; this baseball installment lands hard enough to earn a reread, though the humor doesn't deepen with age.
Amelia Bedelia and the Shower Surprise
Early reader · ages 5–8 · 480L · 1998
The Amelia Bedelia hook is pure—kids cackle at the misreadings, and the short chapters with heavy illustration support make decoding effortless.
Thank You, Amelia Bedelia
Early reader · ages 5–8 · 480L · 1999
The wordplay engine that invented the early-reader series — kids crack up at Amelia's literal interpretations while absorbing figurative language almost accidentally.
No More Monsters for Me!
Early reader · ages 5–8 · 420L · 1981
A clever Peggy Parish standalone with the same warm accessibility as Amelia Bedelia, built on a fun misunderstanding that resolves without cruelty—kids love the 'what she *thinks* she brought home' premise.
Amelia Bedelia
Early reader · ages 5–8 · 460L · 1996
The original word-play machine — a book that makes kids *want* to explain homophones and idioms to adults, and their own first encounter with the idea that language has layers.