Amelia Bedelia Road Trip! (Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book #3)

by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The quick and quippy misadventures of Amelia Bedelia continue with her family road trip. With fun wordplay and a bouncy rhythm, this series continues to deliver on entertainment value.

In the third book in the New York Times–bestselling chapter book series about the childhood of America's favorite housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia piles into the family car and takes a road trip with her family. Includes a guide to the idioms used in the book and features black-and-white art throughout.

Amelia Bedelia takes everything literally, and that leads to all kinds of silly misunderstandings. The bestselling and beloved housekeeper has been making readers laugh for more than fifty years. Amelia Bedelia has a warm and positive attitude, and she has fun with language, vocabulary, and idioms.

Short, fast-paced chapters, tons of friends and funny situations, and black-and-white illustrations on every page make the Amelia Bedelia chapter books an ideal choice for readers of the Ivy + Bean, Magic Tree House, and Judy Moody books. The Amelia Bedelia books have sold more than 35 million copies!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062095022
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/27/2013
Series:	Amelia Bedelia Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	640L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Herman Parish was in the fourth grade when his aunt, Peggy Parish, wrote the first book about Amelia Bedelia. The author lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Lynne Avril has illustrated all the stories about young Amelia Bedelia. The artist lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Editorial Reviews

"Her ingenuous spirit will continue to capture hearts."—Publishers Weekly

"No child can resist Amelia [Bedelia] and her literal trips through the minefield of the English language—and no adult can fail to notice that she's usually right when she's wrong."—New York Times Book Review

Praise for the young Amelia Bedelia series: "Parish has turned the clock back, making Amelia Bedelia young again and giving a new generation of readers the opportunity to enjoy her humor and self-confidence."—Kirkus Reviews

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