Herman Parish

"Amelia Bedelia's class is hosting a bake sale to raise money for the school library. She bakes delicious brownies to sell, but so does everybody else! Fortunately, Amelia Bedelia squints hard and sees the surprise in the brownie bounty, and she and her friends learn about basic concepts of business and the importance of giving back"-- Amelia Bedelia and her friends host a bake sale to benefit their school library.

A literal-minded first-grader's first day of school is filled with confusing adventures, much to her delight.

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

The literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos at her local library when she stops by to help the librarian.

Amelia Bedelia inadvertently enters a baking contest and goes from being a smart cookie to a fortune cookie.

"Amelia Bedelia and her friends at school explore different jobs and careers and think about what they want to be when they grow up! Amelia Bedelia is especially curious about her own father's line of work. If he spends the day pitching to a client, does that mean he plays a lot of baseball?"--

When Amelia Bedelia runs into her principal, Mr. K., and plants the idea that students should vote on the rules, he decides that her class should be the first to come up with new ideas for running the school.

Housekeeper Amelia Bedelia wreaks havoc when she volunteers to help out at the school science fair.

Amelia Bedelia finds a stray kitten and tries, in her literal-minded way, to take good care of it.

Amelia Bedelia helps out at the library with her classmates and wonders what kind of book she should borrow when she receives her first library card.