Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia

herman parish lynn sweat

Funny bones

The doctor is out! But Amelia Bedelia is ready to help a crowd of grouchy patients. Along the way she doses out some of the best medicine of all -- laughter, of course!

Genres picture bookschildrensfictionhumorchapter bookskidsjuvenileclassicsyoung readersrealistic fiction

64 pages, Paperback

First published July 23,2002

Series

Amelia Bedelia

This edition

Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Published: September 7, 2004 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 9780060087807
ASIN: 0060087803
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Amelia Bedelia

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About the author

Herman Parish (born 1953) is the author of Amelia Bedelia children's book series, nephew of original author, Peggy Parish. Having grown up with his aunt's tales of Amelia's humorous misadventures, Herman decided to carry on the legacy after his aunt's death in 1988. He did not wish to entrust the future of the series into the hands of a children's author outside of the family. Since Peggy had the summers off from teaching, she was able to stay with the Parish family for extended periods of time, allowing Herman and Peggy to develop a close relationship. More importantly, this gave Herman a chance to keenly observe Peggy during her writing processes, gaining great insight to the road ahead of him. To carry on the essence of the series, Herman thoroughly examined his aunt's work and did his best to capture what exactly made the character of Amelia Bedelia such a hit. Having editor Susan Hirschman and illustrator Lynn Sweat in common with his aunt helped to make the transition. He has added thirteen more books to the series. Herman is a resident of Princeton, New Jersey, and travels to libraries and schools across the United States, speaking and inspiring young children. The importance of revising and editing is often stressed during these dynamic lectures. He has presented to students in more than 22 states.

-Wikipedia

***The photo at left is of Herman with his aunt, Peggy Parish, in 1985.